Visionaries and Unsung Heroes : : Engineers – Design – Tomorrow / / ed. by Werner Lang, Cornelia Hellstern.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DETAIL eBook Package English 2001-2021
• MitwirkendeR: Addis, Bill,; Baker, Bill,; Bletzinger, Kai-Uwe,; Busch, Fritz,; Bögle, Annette,; Bühler, Dirk,; Cudmani, Roberto,; Dehlinger, Christian,; Dicleli, Cengiz,; Drewes, Jörg E.,; Freudenstein, Stephan,; Fuchs, Margot,; Gengnagel, Christoph,; Göppert, Knut,; Hantschk, Carl-Christian,; Hartz, Christian,; Hellstern, Cornelia,; Knippers, Jan,; Lang, Werner,; Menges, Achim,; Müller, Gerhard,; Pawlitschko, Roland,; Rappaport, Nina,; Rutschmann, Peter,; Scheuren, Joachim,; Vossenkuhl, Wilhelm,; Winter, Stefan,; Wunderlich, Thomas,
• HerausgeberIn: Hellstern, Cornelia,; Lang, Werner,
• Place / Publishing House: München : : DETAIL, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: DETAIL Special
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.) :; numerous illustrations

Der spannende und vielseitige Leistungsumfang der Ingenieure im Bauwesen wird in der Öffentlichkeit selten als solcher wahrgenommen. Dabei ist die Bauwirtschaft nicht nur eine der Schlüsselindustrien in wirtschaftlicher, sondern auch in sozialer bzw. gesellschaftlicher Hinsicht: Ohne Bauten und Infrastruktur ist unser modernes Leben schlichtweg unvorstellbar. Das Ziel der Publikation ist es daher, den Beruf des Ingenieurs – stellvertretend für die gesamte Branche – so darzustellen, wie er ist: faszinierend, kreativ, umfassend und innovativ.Ingenieurpersönlichkeiten und deren Innovationen werden dazu vor dem Hintergrund der jeweiligen gesellschaftlichen, wirtschaftlichen und politischen Einflüsse dargestellt – von der Historie kommend mit dem Schwerpunkt auf aktuellen Projekten.

The exciting and versatile range of activities performed by construction engineers is rarely fully appreciated by the public. Yet as well as being a key industry for the economy, construction is also important for society: Modern life without buildings and infrastructure would be simply inconceivable. With that in mind, this publication presents the engineering profession (and by extension the entire industry) as it really is: Fascinating, creative, diverse and innovative. Engineers and their innovations are presented in the context of their social, economic and political influences. The book combines an historical perspective with a focus on contemporary projects.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Engineers in the Building Sector -- Designing Life -- On Inventors, Entrepreneurs, Problem- Solvers and Designers -- Civil and Building Engineers – the Emergence of the Professions -- Networks of Engineering Expertise -- Women Pioneers of the Big Modern Building Sites – How They Became Who They Are -- On the Education of Engineers -- Engineering Aesthetics -- ENCLOSURE + SPACE -- Arch and Shell Structures -- Creating Spaces: Linking Aesthetics and Structure -- On the Development of the Zeiss-Dywidag Shell Construction System -- Form Finding – Graphical Tools, Experiments and Models, Numerical Methods -- Computer-Based Processes for Biomimetic Structures -- Structural Design and Form Finding Processes -- Tensile Structures -- Wide and Light -- Lightweight Textile Construction – Development of Simulation Methods from the 1970s to the Present -- The Spoked Wheel for Ring Cable Roofs in Lightweight Construction -- Lightweight Construction in Motion -- Building Construction – Focus on Timber -- Exploring New Dimensions with Timber -- Material and Design – Is Hybrid the Future? -- Towers and High-Rises -- Aiming High -- Pushing the Limits -- The Buttressed Core -- WATER + ENERGY -- Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal -- Water in Cities -- Water Transitions in Cities of the Future -- Sewage Becomes Heat Energy -- Emscher Conversion: Ecological Restructuring of a Wastewater System -- Functional and Protective Structures -- Protection and Safety, Water and Energy Supply -- Protection from the Forces of Nature -- Reinforcing Reservoir Dams: the Sylvenstein Dam Pilot Project -- Challenges in the Discourse Between Technology and Society -- Engineers as Entrepreneurs – Influences on the Development of Civil Engineering and Society -- The TUM Hydro Shaft Power Plant Innovation -- Offshore Wind Turbines -- Wind Becomes Energy -- Electricity from the Sea -- The Energy Transition as an Assignment for Civil Engineers -- Floating Wind Farm – Hywind Scotland -- Floating and Self-Erecting: TELWIND -- Flexible Membrane Wings for Wind Turbines -- The Role of Environmental Engineers in Limiting the Side Effects of Modern Technology -- MOBILITY + TRANSPORTATION -- Construction of Roads and Railways -- Gaining Access -- Record Heights: the Zugspitze Cable Car -- Slab Tracks for Rail Traffic -- Beam Bridges -- Bridges into the Future -- Integral and Semi-Integral Bridges -- Ulrich Finsterwalder and the Development of Cantilever Construction -- Improving Quality and Efficiency through Procurement Procedures Involving Supplemental Offers and Alternative Proposals -- Tunnel Construction -- Below the Water and Through the Mountain -- The Development of Tunnel Construction and Tunnelling Machines -- Traversing Mountain Ranges -- Geodesy – a Breakthrough Success -- Using Tunnels for the Extraction of Geothermal Energy -- Cable and Suspension Bridges -- Overcoming Distances -- Linking Continents -- Spanning Farther -- Shortening Journeys -- Traffic Technology -- New Mobility -- Mobility and Traffic as Dynamic Fields for Engineers -- Diagonal Crossings: Oxford Circus -- Cooperative Systems -- Outlook -- Future Challenges for Civil Engineers -- Appendix