Jörg Schneider (civil engineer)

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Jörg Schneider (2006)

Jörg Schneider (* 1934 in Cologne ) is a German civil engineer .

biography

Jörg Schneider studied civil engineering at the ETH Zurich and graduated in 1958 with a diploma. Until 1962 he was an assistant at the ETH. He then worked in the development department of Stahlton AG in Zurich , where he dealt with the prefabrication and prestressing of precast concrete parts. In 1967 he was elected professor for structural engineering and construction at the ETH Zurich and retired in 1999 after 33 years . He held the farewell lecture on the subject of questioning questions - taking responsibility for answers .

He dealt in particular with safety and reliability in the construction industry and later also with the safety in the operation of AlpTransit , the long Gotthard and Lötschberg railway tunnels crossing the Alps . After his retirement he founded the engineering office Risk & Safety AG in Aarau with Ehrfried Kölz, Marcel Bürge and Hans Stampfli .

Schneider was a member of various standards commissions of the Swiss Association of Engineers and Architects (SIA) and from 1993 to 1999 he was chairman of the AlpTransit security expert group .

From 1975 to 1998 he was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) and one of its vice-presidents from 1993 to 2001 and an honorary member from 2002. From 1979 to 2001 he was a member of the Joint Committee on Structural Safety (JCSS) and was its president for five years. In 1998 he was elected an honorary doctorate from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna .

In 1991 he was appointed an individual member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences .

Fonts (selection)

  • Considerations on a specific safety term for the dimensioning of buildings, Institute for Structural Analysis and Design. ETH Zurich 1971.
  • Basic information on the concept of safety and elements of a safety standard for structures. In: Report of the Institute for Structural Analysis. No. 51, ETH Zurich 1974.
  • with Miroslav Matousek: Investigations into the structure of the safety problem in buildings. ETH Zurich 1976.
  • with Miroslav Matousek: Ensuring the safety of buildings. A concept that encompasses all areas of the construction process. ETH Zurich 1983.
  • Reinforced concrete construction. ETH Zurich 1982 - corrected reprint 1990, 1994.
  • Structural analysis. ETH Zurich 1981 - Corrected reprint 1988, 1992.
  • Timber construction . ETH Zurich 1982 - corrected reprint 1985, 1993.
  • Additions to structural engineering and construction . ETH Zurich 1983 - corrected reprint 1995.
  • with Hanspeter Schlatter: Safety and reliability in construction. Basic knowledge for engineers. vdf Hochschulverlag, ETH Zurich, 2nd edition 1996.
  • with Ton Vrouwenvelder: Introduction to safety and reliability of structures. IABSE, 3rd edition Zurich 2017.

literature

  • Max Birkenmaier : Prof. Dr. Jörg Schneider on his 60th birthday. In: Swiss engineer and architect. Volume 112, Issue 21, 1994.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical information in his book with Hanspeter Schlatter: Security and reliability in construction. 1994.
  2. ↑ ABOUT JCSS. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne