Klaus Weiß (civil engineer)
Klaus Weiß (born July 2, 1932 in Berlin ; † February 22, 2009 ) was a German civil engineer specializing in geotechnical engineering who headed Degebo in Berlin for many years .
Life
Weiss graduated from the Rheingau-Gymnasium in Berlin in 1949 and then did an apprenticeship as a steel construction fitter at Krupp . From 1952 to 1958 he studied civil engineering at the TU Berlin with a diploma in structural engineering. Then he went to Degebo under Heinz Muhs , where he turned to geotechnics. Among other things, he was involved in the new edition of the manual for geotechnical field investigations by Edgar Schultze and Muhs. In 1974 he received his doctorate with Schultze at RWTH Aachen University . In 1976 he succeeded Muhs as head of Degebo, which he remained until his retirement in 1997. As an expert, he was involved in many construction projects in Berlin and also in the Arab world. In retirement he moved to Bavaria (Starnberg).
At Degebo, he dealt in particular with the load-bearing behavior of shallow foundations with numerous large-scale tests on the heavy load body for ground failure, which also found its way into the corresponding DIN 4017. Another research area was the load-bearing behavior in the manufacture of bored piles supported with bentonite suspension.
He was a member of the DGGT's Calculation Process Working Committee and at times deputy chairman of the DIN Construction Standards Committee.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography based on the obituary by Armin Horn in Geotechnik, 2009, No. 1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | White, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer for foundation engineering and soil mechanics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2009 |