Wilhelm Fuchssteiner

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Wilhelm Fuchssteiner (born June 7, 1908 in Bitburg , † September 23, 1982 in Darmstadt ) was a German civil engineer.

biography

Fuchssteiner went to school in Jülich , Düren and Aachen and studied civil engineering at the TH Danzig and at the RWTH Aachen , graduating in 1936. While still a student, he worked as an architect and engineer on the design of large aircraft hangars for an engineering office in Düsseldorf and managed after his studies their branch in Bremen. In 1942 he opened his own engineering office in which he planned large industrial halls during World War II (also as an architect). In 1947 he went to Alfred Mehmel at the Institute for Solid Construction at the TH Darmstadt , where he received his doctorate in 1949. At the same time he became a test engineer. In 1952 he resumed his consulting engineering activity. In 1955 he completed his habilitation in Darmstadt and taught at the Darmstadt State Building School.

He published, among other things, on shell theory and the theory of reinforced concrete, where he often struck critical tones. Basically he criticized the increasing regulation and that the work of the civil engineer degenerated into that of a mere computer. He himself preferred an intuitive approach with a minimum of static calculations. His contentious criticism found the attention of many engineers, but not all approval. In 1954 he criticized the application of the theory of the arched disc to three-hinged arch bridges made of reinforced concrete by Hermann Bay .

His largest shell structures include the Dunlop finished goods warehouse in Hanau and the vegetable wholesale market in Berlin.

Fonts

  • The self-supporting spiral staircase, concrete and reinforced concrete construction, 1954, issue 1, p. 15
  • Circular cylindrical shells. The elementary treatment of fighter edge disorders, concrete and reinforced concrete construction, 1955, volume 5, p. 131
  • Torsion oder Drillung?, Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, 1955, issue 7, p. 192
  • Slabs supported on three and two sides, concrete and reinforced concrete construction, 1955, issue 9, p. 240
  • General basic shell equations, concrete and reinforced concrete construction, 1956, issue 7, p. 145
  • To secure thin foundation slabs against punching, concrete and reinforced concrete construction, 1958, issue 10, p. 256
  • with A. Schader: Some newer shell structures with special consideration of their economic execution, concrete and reinforced concrete construction, 1959, issue 5, p. 109
  • A bending theory of the corner-supported monastery vaults, concrete and reinforced concrete construction, 1964, volume 2, p. 25
  • with O. Olsen: Thoughts on punching through. Do cracks follow the trajectories?, Beton- und Stahlbetonbau , 1980, issue 7, p. 163

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Fuchssteiner: If Navier was still alive. Theory and practice in structural engineering , in: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, 54th year, 1954, issue 1, p. 15
  2. ^ Karl-Eugen Kurrer : The History of the Theory of Structures. Searching for Equilibrium . Berlin: Ernst & Sohn 2018, p. 776. Fuchssteiner did this in the above-cited essay If Navier was still alive
personal data
SURNAME Fuchssteiner, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Bitburg
DATE OF DEATH 23rd September 1982
Place of death Darmstadt