Walter Kaufmann: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017 |  |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Walter Kaufmann |
| Name variants | Walter Kaufmann Walter Hans Jakob Kaufmann |
| Field | Structural 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 |
| kaufmann@ibk.baug.ethz.ch | |
| URL | http://www.kaufmann.ibk.ethz.ch |
| Department | Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101-0125-00L | Structural Concrete I  | 5 credits | 4G | W. Kaufmann | |
| Abstract | Contents: Introduction, historical development of structural concrete, materials and material behaviour (cement, concrete, reinforcing steel, prestressing steel), linear members (axial force, flexure and axial force, compression members and columns, shear, bending and shear, torsion and combined actions), strut-and-tie models and simple stress fields, detailing, basic aspects of membrane elements. | ||||
| Objective | Knowledge of the materials concrete and reinforcing steel and understanding their interaction; Understanding the response of typical structural members; Knowledge of elementary models and ability to apply them to practical problems; Ability to correctly dimension and detail simple structures. | ||||
| Content | Introduction, historical development of structural concrete, materials and material behaviour (cement, concrete, reinforcing steel, prestressing steel), linear members (axial force, flexure and axial force, compression members and columns, shear, bending and shear, torsion and combined actions), strut-and-tie models and simple stress fields, detailing. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Lecture notes see http://www.kaufmann.ibk.ethz.ch/en/education/bachelor/structural-concrete-i-ii.html | ||||
| Literature | - SIA Codes 260 (Basis of structural 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 / Notice | Prerequisites: "Theory of Structures I" and "Theory of Structures II". | ||||
| 101-0127-00L | Structural Concrete III | 3 credits | 2G | W. Kaufmann | |
| Abstract | This course supplements the courses Structural Concrete I and II regarding the analysis and dimensioning of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. It focuses on lower bound and upper bound limit analysis methods for girders, discs and shells, particularly regarding their applicability to the safety assessment of existing structures. | ||||
| Objective | Enhancement of the understanding of the load-deformation reponse of reinforced and prestressed concrete; refined knowledge of models and ability to apply them to general problems, particularly regarding the structural safety assessment of existing structures; awareness of the limits of applicability of limit analysis methods and ability to check their applicability. | ||||
| Content | Fundamentals (structural analysis, theorems of limit analysis, applicability of limit analysis methods); shear walls and girders (stress fields and truss models, failure mechanisms, deformation capacity, membrane elements with yield conditions and load-deformation behaviour); slabs (equilibrium solutions, yield conditions, failure mechanisms, shear in slabs); prestressed concrete for plate and shell structures; long term effects; complements. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Lecture notes see http://www.kaufmann.ibk.ethz.ch/en/education/master/structural-concrete-iii.html | ||||
| Literature | Marti, P., Alvarez, M., Kaufmann, W. und Sigrist, V., "Tragverhalten von Stahlbeton", IBK Publikation SP-008, Sept. 1999, 301 pp. Muttoni, A., Schwartz, J. und Thürlimann, B.,: "Bemessung von Betontragwerken mit Spannungsfeldern", Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 1997, 145 pp. | ||||
| 101-1187-00L | Colloquium in Structural Engineering | 0 credits | 2K | B. Stojadinovic, E. Chatzi, M. Fontana, A. Frangi, W. Kaufmann, B. Sudret, T. Vogel | |
| Abstract | Professors from national and international universities, technical experts from the industry as well as research associates of the institute of structural engineering (IBK) are invited to present recent research results and specific projects from the practice. This colloquium is adressed to members of universities, practicing engineers and interested persons in general. | ||||
| Objective | Learn about recent research results in structural engineering. | ||||