Josef Eisenmann
Josef Eisenmann (born July 9, 1928 in Munich ; † January 29, 2015 ) was a German civil engineer .
biography
Eisenmann studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Munich from 1948 to 1952, and from 1953 completed a traineeship at the Deutsche Bundesbahn , graduating in 1956 (large state examination). Then he was in the Federal Railroad Operations Office in Wiesbaden . From 1957 to his doctorate in 1959, he was assistant at the chair for railway and road construction at the TH Munich. From 1959 he was in the Federal Railway Central Office in Munich, which temporarily turned him over to the TH Munich. In 1965 he became a conservator and private lecturer at the Technical University of Munich and in 1969 a full professor at the chair for construction of land transport routes and director of the examination office for land transport routes. In 1972 he was vice dean and in 1996 he retired .
He dealt with the development of the slab track for high-speed rail traffic. He also examined the formation of ruts in asphalt, concrete lanes, structure-borne noise from rail traffic (measurement, insulation).
Honors
- 1984 Otto Graf Prize from the Research Society for Roads and Transport
- 1988 Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1995 Webb Prize from the Institution of Civil Engineers
- 1998 Leo von Klenze Medal from the Supreme Building Authority in Bavaria
- 1999 Bavarian Order of Merit
- 2001 honorary member of the International Society for Concrete Pavements
Fonts
- with Günther Leykauf: Betonfahrbahnen, 1979, 2nd edition, Ernst and Son 2003
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography based on CV at TU Munich, accessed in August 2018
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Eisenmann, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 2015 |