Doris Greiner-Mai turns 65

Prof. Jürgen Stritzke / Prof. Heinz Opitz

"...On behalf of a large number of structural engineers, who are readers of the journal Bautechnik, we would like to wish many happy returns, extend our gratitude for her work in the past and wish her the best of health and the best of luck for the years to come...

Stefan Polónyi at 80

On July 6, 2010, Prof. Stefan Polónyi turned 80, a member of the Akademie der Künste [Academy of the Arts], in creative unrest, argumentative and "timidly consistent", humorous and a popular speaker.

Balancing acts

Dr. Doris Greiner-Mai

"...I am now leaving to retire, but not without first thanking all the readers, authors and friends of BAUTECHNIK for the good, and often may years of cooperation..."

Doris Greiner-Mai: 65 years old and leaving Bautechnik after 20 years

Dr. Klaus Stiglat

"My congratulations!"

Measuring investigations of the hygrothermal behaviour of timber flat roofs - Part 1: Non-ventilated compact roofs with waterproofing membranes

Download the article from Bauphysik 03/2010 for free.

Bernd Nusser, Martin Teibinger, Thomas Bednar

Space trusses and no end?

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Herbert Klimke, Wolfgang Walochnik

Upcoming power plants - Solar energy in the desert

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Wilfried B. Krätzig, Hermann Bottenbruch, Reinhard Harte, Rüdiger Höffer, Peter Mark, Hans-Jürgen Niemann

Eurocode 2 or DIN 1045: Do we need something new?

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Manfred Curbach, Gerhard Breitschaft, Karl Morgen, Lars Meyer, Christoph Müller, Joachim Naumann

Interjection: Aims and benefits of technical standards

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Michael Scheffler

On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Konrad Zuse, inventor of the computer

In 1934 the engineering student Konrad Zuse (1910-1995) had the task of calculating a nine-fold static undefined system as part of his dissertation supervised by Professor Karl Pohl (1881-1947) at the TH Berlin.