Wilhelm Wittmann

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Wilhelm Wittmann (born March 19, 1845 in Schweinfurt , † June 29, 1899 in Munich ) was a German architect and university professor.

Life

Wilhelm Wittmann studied at the Polytechnic School Munich architecture . In 1864 he became a member of the Corps Vitruvia Munich. After completing his studies, he worked as an architect and was particularly concerned with the statics of building structures. In 1876 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. Under Friedrich von Thiersch he was appointed professor at the Technical University of Munich and taught at the Faculty of Architecture and Construction there until his death .

Fonts

  • Foundation of the railway bridge over the Danube near Poikam on the Regensburg-Ingolstadt railway line , 1874
  • The pressure of the vault on the falsework , 1876
  • Contribution to the theory of earth pressure on retaining walls and the determination of their stability , 1877
  • Stone constructions , 1879
  • Wooden constructions , 1882
  • Statics of building structures: iron structures , volume 3, 1884
  • Wood and iron constructions , 1893
  • Statics of the building construction , 1893

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Philisterverein Vitruvia eV Munich, list of members as of January 1937, No. 17