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NEWSletter April 2012 |
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Ladies and Gentlemen, 7,035,907,577 persons live on this earth while this sentence is being written. Actually, the count is already at 7,035,907,580 as the world population increases by 2.5 persons a second. In fact, the global population increases every year by roughly the number of people living in Germany. Currently, there are roughly 100 billion "friendships" on Facebook which according to the laws of exponential mathematics would mean that not everyone is currently in contact with someone else. But we're working on it. The magic work in the era of social media is still "networking". I am linked, therefore I am. And once everyone is connected to everyone else then the world truly becomes a global village – though perhaps not a comfortable one: we might be networked virtually but likely growing ever more lonely in our own homes. Then it would no longer be a low pun to quote Sir Isaac Newton: "We build too many walls and not enough bridges." But the process of building remains the main issue. The verb "to build" has its etymological roots in a proto-Indo European word meaning "to dwell" which leads us back to the number mentioned at the beginning. Of the over 7 billion humans on our Earth roughly 100 million are homeless and over one billion live in inadequate shelters. So we shouldn't just build bridges but also walls – so that everyone can dwell in their own home. And this requires ideas. Many and very good constructive ideas. Innovative and inventive ideas from engineers. These engineering qualities are again represented to an impressive degree in Ernst & Sohn's newest publications including a book on design tools for concrete members according to EC2 or the most recent supplements on wind energy, measurement techniques in construction as well as structural glass. Constructive ideas are more than just ideas as they will become reality – since engineers love successful outcomes. Let's build a livable world with real walls but without figurative ones and with both real and metaphoric birdges. Along these lines I wish you cheerful and inspiring Easter holidays. Yours |
 | Wiley/Ernst & Sohn acquired structurae Wiley / Ernst & Sohn acquired structurae.de, a worldwide leading online structural and civil engineering database. | |
 | Managing interdisciplinary applied research on sustainability in construction with the help of an innovative broker Science and economy are closely linked, especially in the field of engineering. For the sciences, application-oriented cooperative research is therefore an important element of their interaction with the economy A current article in Steel Construction reports on how the steel industry in Germany is carrying out a comprehensive optimization of the management of pre-competitive cooüperative research. A significant aspect of this is the central use of an innovation broker role throughout the innovation process. | |
Contract models for TBM drives in hard rock – codes in Austria and Switzerland The Austrian standard conditions of contract for underground works with continuous tunnelling have been available since 2005. Until then, contract conditions for equential and continuous tunnelling were combined in a single code. In Switzerland, major transport tunnels were already being bored with TBMs at the start of the 1970s, much earlier than in Austria. | ||
 | 12th Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference On behalf of the ISSMGE, the German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) and the University of Rostock warmly invite you to participate in the 12th Baltic Sea Geotechnical Conference being held in Rostock/Germany, from 31st May to 2nd June 2012. Follow the link to get further information about the conference. | |
 | Geomechanics and Tunnelling - Sample Copy Geomechanics and Tunnelling, the journal for engineering geology, rock and soil mechanics, foundation engineering and tunnelling. Official journal for ÖGG members. | |
 | Call for Papers deadline 15th May 2012 - IABSE Spring Conference in Rotterdam May 2013 Assessment, Upgrading and Refurbishment of Infrastructures The Dutch and Belgian Group IABSE groups organise May 6 – 8, 2013 an International Conference dedicated to the very important topic for our society to keep our infrastructure in a good condition. | |
 | On March 19th, Dr.-Ing. Karl Morgen, managing and senior partner at WTM Engineers in Hamburg, turned 60 years of age. His professional work is reflected in numerous activities. His long-standing and relentless dedication to -oriented codes deserves special emphasis. As a driving force in the creation of user-friendly design rules in structural engineering, Karl Morgen has significantly contributed to the creation of "Praxisinitiative Normung" (PIN) and thus forming the financial and organisational basis for the professional cooperation of VBI in the assocation PraxisRegelnBau e.V. (PRB) as well as DIN and CEN. The list of projects that Karl Morgen has shaped conceptionally and through his expertise is long and covers all areas of activity of WTM Engineers. It ranges from structural engineering projects to those in industrial engineering but also large-scale infrastructure projects and currently the participation in the tunnel solution for the Fehmarnbelt Crossing. | |
 | At the age of 72, Professor Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Sedlacek passed away on February 1st, 2012. Through his pioneering works he not only shaped his own discipline, steel construction, for decades but also other areas in construction and even other fields of engineering. The extension of the classic torsional theory by Adhémar-Jean-Claude Barré de Saint-Venant (1797-1886) proved to be a challenge for structural theory and steel construction ever since his publication in the 1850s. Some of the names connected to it are legendary: Rudolf Bredt (1842-1900), August Föppl (1854-1924), Ludwig Prandtl (1875-1953), Robert Maillart (1872-1940), Stepan Prokofievich Timoshenko (1878-1972), Herbert Wagner (1900-1982), Ernst Chwalla (1901-1960), Robert Kappus (1904-1973), Vasily Zakharovich Vlasov (1906-1958), Friedrich-Wilhelm Bornscheuer, Karlheinz Roik (1924-2009) and Gerhard Sedlacek (1939-2012). Jointly with his teacher Karlheinz Roik, Gerhard Sedlacek extended the theory on warping torsion in his very first paper – published of course in the journal "Der Stahlbau"! | |
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New products by Ernst & Sohn and Wiley-Blackwell Spring 2013 |
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 | fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010 September 2013. ISBN: 978-3-433-03061-5 The objectives of the fib Model Code 2010 are to serve as a basis for future codes for concrete structures, and present new developments with regard to concrete structures, structural materials and new ideas in order to achieve optimum behaviour. The fib Model Code 2010 is now the most comprehensive code on concrete structures, including their complete life cycle: conceptual design, dimensioning, construction, conservation and dismantlement. It is expected to become an important document for both national and international code committees, practitioners and researchers. | |
 | Elliott, Kim S. / Jolly, Colin August 2013. ISBN: 978-1-4051-0614-6 This book provides practicing engineers with detailed design procedures and reference material on what is now widely regarded as an economic, structurally sound and versatile form of construction for multi-storey buildings. This revised and updated edition features a new chapter on the design of Panel Structures, including the concepts of crosswall construction and volumetric construction. It also offers design examples to the new Eurocodes, using their British National Application Documents, along with numerous worked examples drawn from industry, as well as design charts, and tables. | |
 | Porteous, Jack / Kermani, Abdy May 2013. ISBN: 978-0-470-67500-7 | |
 | Bodó, Béla / Jones, Colin July 2013. ISBN: 978-0-470-65943-4 Introduction to Soil Mechanics covers the basic principles of soil mechanics, illustrating why the properties of soil are important, the techniques used to understand and characterise soil behaviour and how that knowledge is then applied in construction. The authors have endeavoured to define and discuss the principles and concepts concisely, providing clear, detailed explanations, and a well-illustrated text with diagrams, charts, graphs and tables. With many practical, worked examples and end-of-chapter problems and coverage of Eurocode 7, Introduction to Soil Mechanics isan ideal starting point for the study of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. | |
 | Grünberg, Jürgen / Göhlmann, Joachim August 2013. ISBN: 978-3-433-03041-7 This book gives a comprehensive overview for planning and structural design analysis of reinforced concrete and pre-stressed concrete wind turbine towers for both, onshore and offshore wind turbines. Wind turbines represent structures subjected to highly dynamic loading patterns. Therefore, for the design of loadbearing structures, fatigue effects - and not just maximum loads - are extremely important, in particular in the connections and joints of concrete and hybrid structures. There multi-axial stress conditions occur which so far are not covered by the design codes. The specific actions, the nonlinear behaviour and modeling for the structural analysis are explained. Design and verification with a focus on fatigue are adressed. The chapter Manufacturing includes hybrid structures, segmental construction of pre-stressed concrete towers and offshore wind turbine foundations. Selected chapters from the German Beton-Kalender (Concrete Yearbook) are now being published in the new English "Beton-Kalender Series" for the benefit of an international audience. | |
 | Mallée, Rainer / Fuchs, Werner / Eligehausen, Rolf April 2013. ISBN: 978-3-433-03044-8 The European pre-standard CEN/TS 1992-4 for the design of fastening by means of headed studs, anchor channels as well as post-installed mechanical and chemical anchors is ready for use. The background and interpretation of the provisions related to the determination of actions and resistance based on limit state design, durability, fire resistance, fatigue and earthquake actions as required by CEN/TS 1992 are described in detail. Selected chapters from the German Beton-Kalender (Concrete Yearbook) are now being published in the new English "Beton-Kalender Series" for the benefit of an international audience. Further information and how to order
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 | Meiswinkel, Rüdiger / Meyer, Julian / Schnell, Jürgen April 2013. ISBN: 978-3-433-03042-4 Despite all the efforts being put into expanding renewable energy sources, large-scale power stations will be essential as part of a reliable energy supply strategy for a longer period. Given that they are low on CO2 emissions, many countries are moving into or expanding nuclear energy to cover their baseload supply. Building structures required for nuclear plants whose protective function means they are classified as safety-related, have to meet particular construction requirements more stringent than those involved in conventional construction. This book gives a comprehensive overview from approval aspects given by nuclear and construction law, with special attention to the interface between plant and construction engineering, to a building structure classification. All life cycle phases are considered, with the primary focus on execution. Accidental actions on structures, the safety concept and design and fastening systems are exposed to a particular treatment. Selected chapters from the German Beton-Kalender (Concrete Yearbook) are now being published in the new English "Beton-Kalender Series" for the benefit of an international audience. Further information and how to order
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 | Marti, Peter March 2013. ISBN: 978-3-433-02991-6 This book is a comprehensive manual for analysing framed structures as well as plates and shells using elastic and plastic theory. It forms a work of reference for a multitude of problems encountered in everyday structural engineering. Further information and how to order
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| 15. May 2013, Rheine | 32. Stahlbauseminar Rheine Participants get a free issue of the Ernst & Sohn professional journal Steel Construction and/or Stahlbau. You will meet Ernst & Sohn: Foyer, Lecturing Room | |
| 22.-23. May 2013, Aachen | AIMS 2013 MINERAL RESOURCES AND MINE DEVELOPMENT Since the first AIMS Symposium in the year 1987, the Symposium has become a regular meeting of international mining and minerals experts. Industrialized countries' economies heavily rely on the continuous supply of mineral raw materials. The mining sector world-wide has to improve the mining processes, the technology and the efficiency to cope with the increasing demand of the industrialized countries as well as the emerging markets. This goes hand in hand with addressing the global challenge of sustainable development in mining. Consequently the Symposium on Mineral Resources and Mine Development focuses on two interacting thematic areas – mining processes and technology as well as sustainable development of mineral resources. Against the background of the imperial city of Aachen, both the exhibition at the Conference venue and the dinner party in the historical Aula Carolina will offer ample opportunity to make new contacts and renew old ones. Participants get a free issue of the Ernst & Sohn professional journal Mining Report | |
| 27.-29. May 2013, Tokyo | 1st International Conference on Concrete Sustainability Sustainability is an issue of global importance in the 21st century. All industries of all nations have to take action to achieve sustainable development. The concrete industry is no exception, as it uses an enormous amount of resources and energy. However, concrete is also essential for the creation of infrastructure and buildings that form the basis of human socioeconomic activities. We need to utilize concrete in the future by promoting the development of innovative concrete technologies and systems from the perspective of sustainability. The First International Conference on Concrete Sustainability will provide a forum to encourage such developments and to discuss the future of concrete by exchanging the latest information, technologies, and ideas. You will meet Ernst & Sohn: TBD | |
| 16.-19. June 2013, Bergen, Norway | 6th International Symposium on Strait Crossings fib co-sponsord The symposium will focus on connections across wide and deep straits, constructed and operated under extreme conditions with high waves and strong winds and currents. | |
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