Walter Kaufmann: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2016

Award: The Golden Owl
Name Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann
Name variantsWalter Kaufmann
Walter Hans Jakob Kaufmann
FieldStructural Engineering
Address
Inst. f. Baustatik u. Konstruktion
ETH Zürich, HIL E 42.3
Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 633 75 29
E-mailkaufmann@ibk.baug.ethz.ch
URLhttp://www.kaufmann.ibk.ethz.ch
DepartmentCivil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
101-0126-01LStructural Concrete II Information 5 credits4GW. Kaufmann
AbstractContents:
Prestressed concrete (introduction, prestressing systems, load-deformation response, detailing, girders, slabs), plates (introduction, yield criteria, equilibrium solutions, yield-line analysis, shear and punching, serviceability).
ObjectiveUnderstanding the response of slabs;
Knowing the principle and the techniques of prestressing;
Ability to correctly dimension and detail typical building structures.
ContentContents: Prestressed concrete (introduction, prestressing systems, load-deformation response, detailing, girders, slabs), plates (introduction, yield criteria, equilibrium solutions, yield-line analysis, shear and punching, serviceability).g.
Lecture notesScript and handouts available at:
http://www.kaufmann.ibk.ethz.ch/en/education/bachelor/structural-concrete-i-ii.html
Literature- SIA Codes 260 (Basis of structual design), 261 (Actions on structures) and 262 (concrete structures).
- "Ingenieur-Betonbau", vdf Hochschulverlag, Zurich, 2005, 225 pp.
- Peter Marti, "Theory of Structures", Wiley, 2013, 679 pp.
Prerequisites / NoticePrerequisites: "Theory of Structures I", "Theory of Structures II", "Structual Concrete I".
101-1187-00LColloquium "Structural Engineering"0 credits2KB. Stojadinovic, E. Chatzi, M. Fontana, A. Frangi, W. Kaufmann, B. Sudret, T. Vogel
AbstractProfessors from national and international universities, technical experts from private industry as well as research associates of the Institute of Structural Engineering (IBK) are invited to present recent research results and specific projects. The colloquium is addressed to students, academics as well as practicing engineers.
ObjectiveBecome acquainted with recent research results in structural engineering.