Tihamér Koncz

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Tihamér Koncz (born October 1, 1925 in Budapest ; † 1997 ) was a Hungarian civil engineer, known for precast concrete construction .

biography

His father and grandfather were building contractors. He went to school in Budapest and studied civil engineering at the TH Budapest from 1943 to 1947. After his father died and was unable to continue the construction company due to the political situation, he found a job with Professor I. Menyhard, who had just been released from prison, whom he helped to prepare the Hungarian reinforced concrete standards (they were already n-free in 1950 and safety factors like other later modern standards in Europe and used 2nd order theory on reinforced concrete columns). He then worked as a structural engineer in industrial construction at Iparterv, where he was group leader in 1952 and department manager in 1954. He also became known internationally for the design of industrial halls. In 1957, after the failure of the Hungarian uprising, he first went to Zurich, Switzerland. In 1962 he opened an engineering office there. He worked a lot in Italy, not only in industrial construction, but soon also in prefabricated housing.

Koncz received his doctorate in 1960 at the Technical University of Braunschweig under Walter Henn ( on the design, construction and stability of multi-storey industrial buildings made of precast reinforced concrete ). After completing his dissertation, he was commissioned by Bauverlag to write a manual on precast construction, which first appeared in 1962 and was translated into many languages.

He was also involved in bridges such as the Semorile Viaduct .

Fonts

  • Handbook of precast construction with large-format reinforced and prestressed concrete elements: construction, calculation and construction in building and industrial construction, Wiesbaden, Bauverlag 1962
  • Handbook of precast construction, 3 volumes, Wiesbaden: Bauverlag, 4th edition 1975
  • Building industrialized, Bauverlag 1976

literature

  • Klaus Stiglat : Civil engineers and their work , Ernst and Son 2004
  • Tihamér Koncz , Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, Volume 94, 1999, pp. 53–58.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Partly published in Bautechnik, Volume 37, 1960, Issues 1 to 3
  2. ↑ Koncz: Cantilever cantilever construction at a high valley bridge, the Semorile viaduct, concrete and reinforced concrete construction, Volume 63, March 1968, pp. 49–54
personal data
SURNAME Koncz, Tihamér
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH 1997