Karl Hofacker

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Karl Hofacker (born July 6, 1897 in Lucerne ; † January 22, 1991 ) was a Swiss civil engineer and university professor .

Life

Studying civil engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich from 1916 to 1920 was followed by assistantship with Professor Arthur Rohn from 1921 to 1923 . Hofacker then worked in an engineering office in Lucerne until he joined Professor Max Ritter as an assistant in 1929 and received his doctorate in 1936. From 1942 to 1967 he was a professor of structural engineering, reinforced concrete and bridge construction in the architecture and cultural engineering departments of the Federal Institute of Technology.

Fonts

  • The dam vault : general investigation of the circular clamped arch according to the mathematical theory of elasticity , doctoral thesis, Zurich, November 23, 1935
  • Course for structural analysis of the "SIA specialist group of engineers for bridge construction and building construction" in connection with the institute for structural analysis at the ETH . ETH-BIB, 1938
  • Progress in timber construction , ETH-HDB, 1944
  • Earth pressure and retaining walls , ETH-HDB, 1953
  • Calculation of the stresses in the prismatic rod ETH-HDB, 1957
  • Reinforced concrete tables , FHNW-HB (Muttenz), 1969
personal data
SURNAME Hofacker, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1991