Max Möller

Max Carl Emil Möller (born February 19, 1854 in Hamburg , † December 19, 1935 in Braunschweig ) was a German civil engineer who is best known as the designer of the Möller bridges named after him .

Life

Möller studied civil engineering at the Technical University (Berlin-) Charlottenburg and at the Technical University of Hanover . During his studies in Berlin he became a member of the Academic Association Motiv . In 1888 he was appointed associate professor for hydraulic engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe , and in 1890 he moved to the Technical University of Braunschweig as a full professor for hydraulic engineering . In 1920 the Senate of the Technical University of Dresden awarded Max Möller an honorary doctorate (as Dr.-Ing. E. h. ) In recognition of his many years of successful teaching, his significant work in the fields of theoretical and practical hydraulic engineering and his fundamental work on a unanimous request from the civil engineering department Working in the field of reinforced concrete construction.

Möller was also interested in meteorology and wave theory and published on these topics.

Buildings according to Möller

Technical construction of a bridge according to the Möller system

After Möller had obtained an overview of the buildings belonging to his teaching assignment and had carried out theoretical studies, he devoted himself more to practice. This is how the cement ground anchors were first created . Möller later developed the suspension belt carrier (a special form of fish belly carrier ) and patented it. The then new building material reinforced concrete was used. In 1894 the first bridges with suspension girders (also Möllerträger ) were built. Since these were inexpensive and relatively quick to erect, 16 bridges based on the new girder principle were built within the first four years. Möller carried out extensive experiments to improve and test its construction, which was unusual at the time. In the absence of government support, he worked closely with the Drenckhahn & Sudhop construction company in Braunschweig and the Rudolf Wolle cement construction business in Leipzig. A total of around 500 bridges of this type were built.

This also includes the Möller Bridge in Kämkerhorst near Calvörde in Saxony-Anhalt . This is because of its once innovative construction method under monument protection .

Fonts (selection)

The force of nature or the movement of the mass, controlled by external pressure. 1891.
Freedom as a form of activity of spiritual power, limited and guided by one's own will. 1891.
The spatial work and nature of electricity and magnetism. 1892.
The German Order of Natuliens in 2000. Roman. CA Schwetschke & Sohn (Appelhans & Pfenningstorff), Braunschweig 1892.
Ground plan of hydraulic engineering. 1906.
Introduction to reinforced concrete construction. (Two editions) Self-published, Braunschweig 1916 and 1919, DNB 560737130 .
Earth pressure tables with explanations about earth pressure and anchoring. (Two editions, with tables and illustrations) S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1922, DNB 1005310114 .
The waves, the vibrations and the forces of nature. (Three editions) F. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig 1926/1927 and 1930, DNB 560737149 .

literature

Walter Kertz: Möller, Max. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 647 f. ( Digitized version ).
Achim Hettler , Karl-Eugen Kurrer : Earth pressure . Ernst & Sohn , Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-433-03274-9 , p. 325 f.
Nessun Saprà: Lexicon of German Science Fiction & Fantasy 1870-1918. Utopica, Oberhaid 2005, ISBN 3-938083-01-8 , p. 192 f.

Web links

Commons : Max Möller - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Works by and about Max Möller at Open Library
Möller bridges in Saxony-Anhalt on bauwerk.axbach.de
Möllerträger at LKG - engineering office for construction technology on elkage.de

Individual evidence

↑ The Black Ring. Membership directory. Darmstadt 1930, p. 36.
↑ Honorary doctoral students of the TH / TU Dresden. Technical University of Dresden, accessed on February 4, 2015 .
↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 40, 1920, No. 92 (from November 17, 1920), p. 579. (Note on the award of an honorary doctorate) ( online )
↑ Bank protection fastened with cement anchors. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 15, 1895, No. 22 ( digitized version ) and No. 26 ( digitized version )

personal data
SURNAME	Möller, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Möller, Max Carl Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German civil engineer, designer of the so-called "Möller Bridge"
DATE OF BIRTH	February 19, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	December 19, 1935
Place of death	Braunschweig

[1] The Black Ring. Membership directory. Darmstadt 1930, p. 36.

[2] Honorary doctoral students of the TH / TU Dresden. Technical University of Dresden, accessed on February 4, 2015 .

[3] Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 40, 1920, No. 92 (from November 17, 1920), p. 579. (Note on the award of an honorary doctorate) ( online )

[4] Bank protection fastened with cement anchors. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 15, 1895, No. 22 ( digitized version ) and No. 26 ( digitized version )