Károly Széchy

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Károly Széchy (born December 27, 1903 in Budapest ; † May 22, 1972 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian civil engineer for foundation engineering and tunneling.

Széchy was professor of foundation engineering and tunneling at the Technical University of Budapest and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was in charge of building the Budapest subway and rebuilt the Budapest Danube bridges that were destroyed in World War II (like the Arpad Bridge, which was planned in 1939 but not completed until 1950 because of World War II). He wrote textbooks on foundation engineering and tunneling, which were also translated into German (and English).

Fonts

  • Der Grundbau, Springer Verlag, Volume 1 (investigation and strength theory of the subsoil) 1965, Volume 2 in two sub-volumes (Part 1 The excavation pit enclosure and dewatering, Part 2 Foundation types) 1965
  • Tunnel construction, Springer 1969
  • Foundation damage, Bauverlag, Wiesbaden 1964 (English edition: Foundations Failures, London 1961 and Muszaki Kiadó, Budapest)
  • The art of tunneling, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1966, 1973
  • with László Varga: Foundation Engineering: soil exploration and spread foundations, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1978.
  • Editor: Memorial book for Professor József Jáky , Budapest, Akademiai Kiado 1955
personal data
SURNAME Széchy, Károly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian civil engineer for foundation engineering and tunneling
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1972
Place of death Budapest