Advance ticket reservation: Long Night of Music in Munich on 11.05.2024 (20:00 - 2:00)
On May 11, 2024, the Long Night of Music will take place for the 23rd time and this time Prof. Mensinger will be there. More than 400 concerts will take place at over 90 venues and one of them is the Nordbau of TUM. Only one ticket is required for all concerts and venues. These can be pre-ordered here and picked up at the box office at Theresienstraße 90 (Nordbau N1). Please state your name and the number of tickets in the subject line of the e-mail.
PhD seminar winter semester 2023/2024
Our PhD seminar in the winter semester 2023/2024 took place with 15 participants in St. Martin am Tennengebirge. Current research work was presented and new research ideas were collected in 10 detailed presentations followed by a discussion. The lectures dealt with fire protection safe constructions in steel-wood mixed construction, the load-bearing behavior of headed studs in profiled sheets with high webs under fire load, seal-welded hollow boxes, the mechanical properties of welded connections in aluminum lattice structures and additive manufacturing in metal construction. Other topics included composite columns with high-strenth steel plates as core, steel-timber hybrid construction, high-strength pipes, modular rolled beam in concrete frame bridges, the assessment of the fatigue safety of welded railroad bridges and the sustainable preservation of cyclically loaded industrial steel structures.
Farewell to our visiting scientist Tohid Ghanbari-Ghazijahani
As an Alexander von Humboldt scholarship holder, Dr. Tohid Ghanbari-Ghazijahani from Australia spent two three-month periods as a visiting researcher at our chair.
Dr. Tohid Ghanbari-Ghazijahani deals with composite columns and has done a lot of research in the field of wood-concrete-steel columns. During his time with us, he mainly supported us in our composite structures projects, which also resulted in several joint publications.
We look forward to further good cooperation and long-term collaboration with Macquarie University.
Winter excursion 2024
In January, the metal construction students of the Technical University of Munich went on excursion!
In winter, the first day always deals with the topics of lightweight construction, aluminum and aluminum products for facades. We started at the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen. A great museum and the perfect start to the topic of lightweight construction. A visit is highly recommended for all ages!
Afterwards we visited the aluminum hot rolling mill and the extrusion press with the largest extrusion press in Europe (100 MN) at Constellium in Singen. Andreas Fellhauer and his colleagues gave us, as always, super information and guided us!
Later, Frank Ritter, one of our alumni, and his colleagues from 3A Composites gave us a lot of information about Alucobond and similar products for façade construction, including a demonstration of processing.
On the second day we were at Montana AG in Villmergen. From Markus Duerr and his team we learned a lot about the production of trapezoidal profiles, sandwich elements, composite sheets like Holorib and about industrial facades. The tour through the production was also super informative! In the case of the weather group, there was then also a tour of the steel construction production. There was also a lot of welding, drilling and screwing. We were supervised here by Marc Kreissig and Sandra Schärer.
After the official end of the excursion, we could still enjoy the famous galvanized steel constructions in the alpine region, even if there is not much snow at the moment.
A huge thank you to the companies and people involved for their hospitality and great commitment!!!!
Glass construction excursion to seele GmbH and sedak GmbH on 30.11.
On 30.11.2023, the participants of the Master's course Konstruktiver Glasbau traveled to Gersthofen near Augsburg to experience a company tour at the companies seele GmbH and sedak GmbH. After an informative presentation at seele with a guided tour of the production halls, the students enjoyed a detailed tour of sedak, including a presentation by experienced employees.
We would like to thank both companies for the great insights into the world of glass construction!
Defense of the doctor's thesis from Niclas Rausch
On 14.11.2023 the successful defense of the dissertation of Mr. Niclas Rausch took place. The title of the thesis is "Application of the structural stress concept for cruciform joints subjected to fatigue loading under the specific evaluation of influences from imperfections on the component behaviour".
We are pleased with Dr.-Ing.Niclas Rausch and would like to thank Prof. Feldmann (RWTH Aachen) and Prof. Taras (ETH Zurich) for taking over the co-lecture as well as Prof. Fischer (TU Munich) for chairing the examination.
Scientific visit from Eindhoven University of Technology
We are pleased to welcome Davide Leonetti from Eindhoven University of Technology as a visiting scientist for one month.
Dr. Leonetti's research interests include the assessment of existing bridges, fatigue of components and additive manufacturing. During his time with us he will mainly work on ideas for joint research projects and support our projects through extensive scientific exchange. We are looking forward to good cooperation, future exchange and joint research projects as well as a long-term collaboration with TU Eindhoven.
PhD seminar summer semester 2023
Our PhD seminar in the summer semester 2023 took place with 14 participants in the Martelltal. In the course of 10 detailed presentations with subsequent discussion, current research work was presented and new research ideas were collected. The lectures dealt with fire protection safe constructions in steel-wood mixed construction, tightly welded hollow boxes, the form and production optimization on welded-on lamellas and additive manufacturing in metal construction. Other topics included galvanized frame bridges, hot-dip galvanized composite beams and the load-bearing behavior of headed studs in profiled plates with high webs under fire loading, the fatigue strength of the shear bond with headed studs under uniaxial and multiaxial fatigue loading, and the assessment of the fatigue safety of welded railroad bridges. A joint excursion to a mountain hut in great weather supplemented the presentation program.
Improved offer for international students
Starting from this semester, lecture videos for the course "Composite Construction" (Verbundhoch- und brückenbau) will be provided in English. The lecture itself will be given in German with English-language slides. In this way, we aim to cater to the needs of both our German-speaking and international students. The latter will also have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the German technical language, which is essential and mandatory for future work in structural engineering in Germany.
Additionally, the two-semester elective course "Temporary Works Equipment - Scaffolds, Falsework, Formwork, and their Application" consisting of the parts Falsework Construction and Working and Safety Scaffolds, will be offered in English by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Hertle starting from this semester.
Examinations will continue to be offered in both German and English languages.
New research project - Fatigue strength of the shear bond with headed studs under uniaxial and multiaxial fatigue loading based on reliability considerations
A new research project in the field of composite construction will start in October 2023. In this project, an experimentally and reliability-theoretically based fatigue strength limit for headed studs will be developed. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our industrial partners and the German Research Foundation (DFG) for funding the research project!
BSI Certificate of Appreciation for contribution to second generation of EN Eurocodes
The work under all four phases of Mandate M/515 'Towards a second generation of EN Eurocodes' agreement has now been concluded. On behalf of Steve Denton (CEN/TC 250 Chairman) and Tracey Wilkins Prof. Mensinger was presented with a BSI Certificate of Appreciation for his valued contribution to this important work.
EUROSTEEL 2023
At the beginning of September, the European steel construction research and industry community met for the most important conference in structural steel engineering EUROSTEEL 2023 in Amsterdam. At the three-day event, more than 500 participants from over 38 nations gave nearly 450 presentations on numerous current topics from research and development in steel and reinforced concrete composite construction and related topics. Also included were four papers from the Chair of Metal Structures on fillet welds of seal-welded box girders, the influence of elastomeric bearings of shear rockers on the buckling analysis in the incremental launching method, the load-bearing behavior of headed studs in high-strength profiled plates in fire, and the residual stresses of thick, high-strength steel plates. All contributions are freely available as ce / paper from the publisher Ernst & Sohn. In addition to the interesting conference contributions, exciting discussions and networks for industry and young researchers resulted. After the conference, participants could join the discussion on "Addressing future needs by new technologies and education in steel construction" at the Post-Conference Event at TU Delft.
We would like to thank all the organizers from TU Delft under the leadership of Prof. Veljkovic and the ETH Zurich under the leadership of Prof. Taras for the successful event and look forward to the next edition of EUROSTEEL in Krakow 2026.
13th German-Japanese Bridge Symposium - Presentations and conference papers
The 13th Japanese-German Bridge Symposium took place in Osaka at the end of August. A total of 67 papers were presented, which led to fruitful discussions. The Chair of Metal Structures presented 5 papers and gave a keynote lecture. In addition to the interesting presentation days, two excursion days were organised, including visits to bridge construction sites, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge and the Hanshin Expressway Earthquake Museum. The sights gave an interesting insight in Japanese construction techniques and lessons learned from the big Kobe earthquake. Furthermore, the Japanese-German friendship was cultivated and deepened at joint evening events.
We thank our Japanese colleagues for their impeccable organisation and hospitality and look forward to the next symposium in Munich in 2025.
New research project - modular rolled girder in concrete frame bridge
A new research project in the field of composite bridge construction has started in May 2023. In this project, a modular rolled girder in concrete frame bridge is to be developed, which offers an innovative solution for fast and resource-efficient construction of economical railway bridges.
At this point we would like to thank our industrial partners, FOSTA and AiF for funding the research project!
Graduation Ceremony and Teaching Award Doce et Delecta for Prof. Mensinger
On 14 July, the graduation ceremony of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering took place with the farewell of the graduates and the awarding of prizes. Every year, the student council of the Department Civil and Environmental Engineering awards teaching prizes to lecturers who have shown a special commitment to teaching. This year, the second prize of the Doce et Delecta teaching award was given to Prof. Martin Mensinger for the Bachelor course Introduction to Steel Construction. We are pleased that the revision of the course has paid off and that students are being introduced to steel construction with pleasure. At the subsequent celebration in front of the Audimax, the band Baulärm played and provided a super atmosphere.
Announcement 24th DASt Research Colloquium
The 24th DASt Research Colloquium will take place in Munich on 05 and 06 March 2024. All junior researchers are cordially invited to submit a technical paper and present it at the 24th DASt Research Colloquium.The Chair of Metal Structures is looking forward to your visit and cordially invites you to the 24th DASt Research Colloquium in Munich. Further information can be found here and in the flyer.
Summer excursion 2023
This year's summer excursion of the Chair of Metal Structures took place from June 28 to June 30. Thanks to SEH Engineering GmbH and their hosts, Mr. Behnke and Mr. Kicherer, the students gained valuable insights into the renovation of the suspension bridge Cologne-Mühlheim and the new construction of the Rhine bridge Leverkusen. Another highlight was the visit to Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte (FHW Stahlguss) in Duisburg, where Mr. Arno de Buhr shared his extensive knowledge of steel casting with the students.
We would like to thank our dedicated and competent hosts once again!
The excursion was rounded off by interesting field studies on the influence of Kölsch on the social behavior of Bavarian students. The exclusively positive results showed the invigorating effect of the popular beer on mood and togetherness. This excursion provided the students with a valuable extension of their expertise in the field of metal construction and promises exciting excursions in the future.
Scientific visit from Politecnico di Torino
We are pleased to welcome Luca Santoro from the Politecnico di Torino as a guest scientist for the next three months.
Mr. Santoro will be working with our LME/AM working group, respectively together with Mr. Diller and Mr. Blankenhagen, to investigate the applicability of thermography for the monitoring of additive manufacturing (AM) processes and the detection of AM defects and their effect on fatigue.
Prof. Raffaella Sesana, Mr. Santoro's supervising professor at the Politecnico di Torino, also visited last week. In addition to an extensive scientific exchange with the team of the Chair, she gave a very interesting guest lecture in the Fatigue & Fracture course. Overall, many common topics and interfaces could be identified, especially in the field of aluminium. We look forward to future exchanges and joint research projects.
Scientific exchange with Japan in spring 2023
Finally, entry to Japan was possible again without any problems! This was a perfect opportunity to refresh our contacts with Japanese universities and to lay a good foundation for the Japanese-German Bridge Symposium (JGBS) in August.
In the course of this, Dorina Siebert spent a total of 6 weeks as a guest researcher at the Tokyo Institute of Technology with Prof. Sasaki in spring 2023. His chair has very good connections to the Japanese Railway and was therefore the perfect environment to provide valuable input and impulses for Dorina Siebert's DFG project "Method for assessing residual use and determining safe operating time intervals of older welded steel bridges".
Ms. Siebert's stay was combined with guest lectures by Dr.-Ing. Radlbeck on "Fatigue and Fracture of Metal Structures" as well as with an overview of current research at the TUM Chair of Metal Structures both with Prof. Sasaki at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and at Kyoto University with Prof. Sugiura. There was a great response from Japanese scientists and students at both universities. There was extensive discussion and exchange, and some promising contacts were made. Particularly remarkable was the response to the TUM sustainability projects, e.g. ReUse.
Finally, Dorina Siebert and Christina Radlbeck visited the Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) together. The cooperation between OIT and Metallbau/Stahlbau TUM has lasted for several decades and the reception there was correspondingly warm. The focus of the meeting was on the upcoming JGBS and future cooperation opportunities.
Overall, the research stay and guest lectures were a great success and the German-Japanese exchange before Corona can be continued seamlessly.
Defense of the doctor's thesis from Nadine Thomas
On 28.02.2023 the successful defense of the dissertation of Mrs. Nadine Thomas took place. The title of the thesis is "Influence on the buckling behavior of longitudinally stiffened panels under biaxial stresses and eccentric load introduction from different launching bearings".
We are pleased with Dr.-Ing. Nadine Thomas and would like to thank Prof. Kuhlmann (University of Stuttgart) and Prof. Ummenhofer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) for taking over the co-lecture as well as Prof. Fischer (TU Munich) for chairing the examination.
Announcement Japanese-German Bridge Symposium
In the end of August, the 13th Japanese-German Bridge Symposium will take place in Osaka. We are happy that it can finally take place after two years of Corona constraint. All details and the call for papers can be found here. We hope for a large participation and look forward to an exciting symposium. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. For coordination purposes, please send us a message if you plan to participate.
New research project - Reuse of wood and steel construction products
A new research project on the reuse of wood and steel construction products will start in March 2023. This research project aims to lay the foundations for reusing timber and steel construction products after a structure has been deconstructed. In this way, the consumption of primary materials can be reduced, secondary materials can be reintroduced into the material cycle and possible material bottlenecks can be avoided.
At this point, we would like to thank the Ministry of Regional Development and Housing of the State of Baden-Württemberg (MLW BW) for funding the research project!
PhD seminar winter semester 2022/2023
Our PhD seminar in the winter semester 2022/2023 took place with 17 participants in St. Martin am Tennengebirge. In the course of 10 detailed lectures with subsequent discussion, current research work was presented and new research ideas were collected. The presentations dealt with fire-protection safe constructions in steel-wood mixed construction, seal-welded hollow boxes, mechanical properties of welded joints in aluminum lattice structures and additive manufacturing in metal construction. Other topics included ultimate load increase of predominantly compression loaded hollow structures, longitudinally stiffened buckling fields under multiaxial loading, and fatigue safety assessment of riveted and welded railroad bridges.
Winter excursion 2023
In January, the metal construction students of the Technical University of Munich went on another excursion!
In winter, the first day always deals with the topics of lightweight construction, aluminum and aluminum products for facades. We started at the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen. A great museum and the perfect start to the topic of lightweight construction. A visit is highly recommended for all ages!
Afterwards we visited the aluminum hot rolling mill and the extrusion press with the largest extrusion press in Europe (100 MN) at Constellium in Singen. Andreas Fellhauer and his colleagues gave us, as always, super information and guided us!
Later, Frank Ritter, one of our alumni, and his colleagues from 3A Composites gave us a lot of information about Alucobond and similar products for façade construction, including a demonstration of processing.
On the second day we were at Montana AG in Villmergen. From Markus Duerr and his team we learned a lot about the production of trapezoidal profiles, sandwich elements, composite sheets like Holorib and about industrial facades. The tour through the production was also super informative! In the case of the weather group, there was then also a tour of the steel construction production. There was also a lot of welding, drilling and screwing. We were supervised here by Marc Kreissig and Sandra Schärer.
After the official end of the excursion, we could still enjoy the famous galvanized steel constructions in the alpine region, even if there is not much snow at the moment.
A huge thank you to the companies and people involved for their hospitality and great commitment!!!!
Bridge building for elementary school students
The third and fourth grades of the Dintikon elementary school have recently been working intensively on the topic of "bridges" and have really learned a lot about it.
At the end of this project, Prof. Mensinger designed a lesson for the students and explained how a bridge is designed, planned and built.
Finally, a model was used to explain how a suspension bridge works. Here thanks go to Michael Schulte-Wrede for providing the model.
The interest was huge, there were really good questions and everyone had a lot of fun!
We think it's great when even elementary school students come into contact with our profession!
Welcome of our visiting scientist Tohid Ghanbari-Ghazijahani
Since the beginning of December, Tohid Ghanbari-Ghazijahani from Australia is a guest researcher at our chair.
As Alexander von Humboldt scholarship holder, he is working with us twice for three months. Dr. Tohid Ghanbari-Ghazijahani is working on composite columns and has done a lot of research in the field of wood-concrete-steel columns. During his time with us, he will mainly support us in our composite column projects.
We are looking forward to good cooperation and a long-term collaboration with an Australian university.
Christmas Lecture Announcement
Also this year there will be a Christmas lecture by Prof. Mensinger - finally in presence again!
It will take place on 6.12. from 18:30 in N1095. For the christmassy mood there will be Glühwein. You are welcome to bring gingerbread, cookies, etc., to make it even cozier and Christmas sweaters are of course appreciated as well 😉
We wish you a wonderful pre-Christmas season and Happy Holidays!
Teaching Award Doce et Delecta for Prof. Mensinger
Every year, the student council of the Department Civil and Environmental Engineering awards teaching prizes to lecturers who have shown a special commitment to teaching. This year, the first prize of the Doce et Delecta teaching award was given to Prof. Martin Mensinger for the Bachelor course Introduction to Steel Construction. We are pleased that the revision of the course has paid off and that students are being introduced to steel construction with pleasure.
Maurer Söhne Foundation Award for Ludwig Siebert's master's thesis
Every year, the Maurer Söhne Foundation awards the Maurer Söhne Foundation Award with the aim of rewarding outstanding bachelor's and master's theses as well as doctoral dissertations in the field of engineering dynamics. For the non-profit promotion of research and science, in particular basic research in the field of dynamics in the field of structural engineering, final theses are awarded that deal with basic research in structural dynamics. This year, Ludwig Siebert's master's thesis entitled "Defect analysis of µ-CT scanned, additively manufactured fatigue specimens using machine learning" was awarded. He developed a method to detect and classify internal defects of additively manufactured fatigue specimens based on CT scans and using machine learning algorithms. We sincerely congratulate Ludwig Siebert on this award and are very happy about the distinction of one of our many interesting final theses at the Chair of Metal Structures!
Welcome of our visiting scientist Šemso Kalač
Since the beginning of October, Šemso Kalač from Montenegro is a guest scientist at our chair.
Within the framework of a Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Fellowship, he is working with us for an initial period of five months. Šemso Kalač is working on the mechanical properties of welded joints in aluminum lattice girders and is assisting with other projects.
We are looking forward to good cooperation and long-term collaboration with the University of Montenegro in aluminum research.
New research project - Structures in steel-wood mixed construction that are safe from a fire protection point of view
In autumn 2022, a new research project has started to evaluate mixed steel-wood construction in case of fire. In this project, a design concept is to be developed for wood-clad steel profiles as well as steel profiles embedded in other wooden components in the event of fire. The aim is to make the resource-saving mixed steel-wood construction method even more attractive in application.
At this point we would like to thank our industrial partners, FOSTA and the AiF for funding the research project!
Award for the bachelor thesis of Fabien Schanet
Since 2018, Schroeder & Associés from Luxembourg awards every year 3 bachelor theses in the field of civil engineering. This year, one of these awards was given to the bachelor thesis of Fabien Schanet on the topic "Evaluation of parametric FE shell models on cross joints in Ansys APDL using the structural stress concept". The thesis dealt with the modeling and the determination of the stresses on cross joints modeled with shell elements using the structural stress concept. We would like to congratulate Fabien Schanet and are very happy about the award for one of our many interesting theses at the Chair of Metal Structures!
New research project - Method for assessing residual life and determining safe operating time intervals of older welded steel bridges
A new research project for the assessment of existing welded steel bridges will start in fall 2022. The aim is to develop a concept based on fracture mechanics that will enable the determination of safe operating time intervals and the assessment of the remaining service life of older welded railroad bridges.
We would like to thank the DFG for funding this research project!
New research project - Seal-welded hollow boxes
In summer 2022, a new research project was launched in the field of bridge construction. This research project aims to investigate the influence of the internal pressure, which results from the climatic effects, on the single-sided welded fillet welds of tightly welded box girders. In this context, analyses are conducted to determine the effects of the internal pressure and to examine the load-bearing and fatigue behavior of single-sided fillet welds. The results will contribute to the economic and sustainable dimensioning of one-sided fillet welds of tightly welded hollow boxes.
Thanks to the AiF member association DASt, which was very involved in the realization of the project, to our industrial partners and to the AiF!
Summer excursion: Bavaria in the Rhine Valley
From July 18 to 19, we had the pleasure of going on a summer bridge construction excursion with a group of 20 people. For this, we first went to the A9 Fürth-Nuremberg interchange to the Overfly bridge construction site. This "Overfly" represents a very special structure: in order to relieve the traffic junction and to bundle the northbound traffic of the A3 onto the A9, a so-called "extradosed" bridge was designed by the engineering office Klähne BUNG Ingenieure. During the visit, Mr. Marco Weber of DEGES and Mr. Georg Liebig of ARGE Donges/Implenia explained the reason for this special design: preservation of the landscape and compliance with the maximum construction height, given by the surrounding woodland. The sub-segments of the steel composite bridge are assembled on the construction site and moved to their final final position over the highway using the incremental launching method.
Afterwards, the students went to one of the oldest German settlements for a historical guided tour of Speyer. The Palatine dialect overtaxed one or the other Bavarian, but not our Professor Mensinger, who originally lived in this region. The evening was duly ended in Speyer's city center with a spritzer from the original Dubbeglas.
The next day, in search of the origin of the steel components of the Overfly bridge, we went to Mannheim to the company Donges SteelTec. Here, Mr. Scahde presented the impressive bridge and special steel construction projects of the company and then Mr. Nicolay and Mr. Schade showed the production of the segments of the bridge Overfly during a factory tour. Strengthened, happy and full of new impressions, we then started the long drive back to Munich.
We would like to thank all participants of the company Donges, the ARGE Donges/Implenia and the DEGES for this impressive experience and are looking forward to the next visit.
PhD seminar summer semester 2022
Our PhD seminar in the summer semester 2022 took place in Bolzano with 12 participants. In the course of 10 detailed presentations with subsequent discussion, current research work was presented and new research ideas were collected. The presentations dealt with galvanized frame bridges, composite columns with sheet metal sections using high strength steel, the structural stress concept in steel construction, and additive manufacturing in metal construction. Other topics included seal-welded hollow boxes, shape and fabrication optimization of welded-on plates, hot-dip galvanized composite beams and the load-bearing behavior of headed bolt studs in profiled plates with high webs under fire loading. Presentations were also given on high-strength tubes in scaffolding and the assessment of the fatigue safety of riveted and welded railroad bridges.
Major Civil Engineering Excursion Istanbul 2022
The traditionally annual Major Civil Engineering Excursion 2022 was allowed to be organized by the Chair of Metal Structures. Due to the COVID19 pandemic, it had not been able to take place for two years, which is why the efforts to create a memorable excursion were particularly intensive. 40 students were able to register to participate due to intensive support from industry. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Mensinger and the scientific staff Johannes Diller M.Sc., Drilon Gubetini M. Sc., Rudolf Röß M. Sc. and Kurt Tutzer M. Sc. were responsible for the organization of the program. In order to offer the prospective civil engineers a small compensation for the online teaching without social interactions and without excursions to exciting buildings, Turkey was chosen as destination, where the suspension bridge with the largest main span in the world was recently built. Among other things, the participants were allowed to marvel at the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, designed as a suspension and cable-stayed bridge at the same time, with a main span of 1408 m, both from the inside of the superstructure and from the middle span on the superstructure.
The 1915-Çanakkale Bridge, the suspension bridge with the largest main span in the world (2023 meters), was also visited, where the visit to the gigantic anchor block further accentuated the dimensions of the structure. Çimtaş, one of the world's largest steel construction companies based in Gemilik, invited visitors to tour the plant, where impressive technology, professional staff and a "zero accident" policy were evident as the basic building blocks of the company's success. At the İSKİ Ömerli Water Treatment Plant and the Pasaköy Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant, drinking water treatment and wastewater treatment in a mega-city like Istanbul were experienced live and explained through interesting lectures. To make sure that the cultural program and getting to know each other were not neglected, a visit to the Galata Tower, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque and the Hagia Sophia followed by a joint dinner were not to be missed. For the unforgettable excursion we would like to thank all people involved and the organizers as well as the sponsors from the industry who made this trip possible:
BPR Dr. Schäpertöns Consult
Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband e.V.
IBS-Seeger GmbH
Grassl GmbH
BGU Faculty of the Technical University of Munich
Mensinger Stadler Ingenieure GmbH
Maurer SE
Büchting+Streit AG
SOFiSTiK AG
SSF Ingenieure AG
Zilch + Müller Ingenieure GmbH
Suess Staller Schmitt Ingenieure GmbH
Ingenieurbüro Grimm
Bung Ingenieure AG
1st place - Best Young Researcher Lecture Munich Steel Construction Days 2022
For the second time, Ernst & Sohn supported the Munich Steel Construction Days in terms of content by awarding the young engineers for the best presentation. This prize was awarded to Florian Oberhaidinger from the Chair of Metal Structures with the presentation "Galvanization-compliant grouted joint for integral frame bridges in composite construction". The paper will be published in the journal "Stahlbau" in 2023.
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Florian and are very pleased about the award! It is nice that such an innovative topic meets with approval in practice.
Tensegrity tower with additively manufactured aluminum nodes for the Deutsches Museum
Form finding, form optimization and additive manufacturing from design to assembly something we can do!
At the end of March, the Tensegrity tower for the bridge exhibition at the Deutsches Museum was delivered by the Chair of Metal Structures at TUM. With pressure pipes made of aluminum, the stainless steel cables and the shape-optimized, additively manufactured aluminum nodes, the construction weighs just 150kg.
Under the direction of Florian Oberhaidinger, an extraordinary project was created at the Chair of Metal Structures over the past two years that can certainly be described as state-of-the-art for steel construction. As a specialist in additive manufacturing, Johannes Diller planned and manufactured the aluminum nodes using a Realizer SLM 250 from DMG Mori. Drilon Gubetini was responsible for the entire area of measurement technology for the tower and provided decisive support for the structural analysis.
Shape optimization by Armin Geiser at the Chair of Structural Analysis at TUM gave the nodes their final shape and enabled a material saving of 30% compared to the statically dimensioned initial model. Even if the absolute savings are small, it is nevertheless clear how much resources can be saved with such an optimization.
We were particularly pleased with the cooperation and support of Prof. Krafft of the Munich University of Applied Sciences. In the laboratories for applied materials technology, the nodes were heat-treated and prepared for installation.
We would also like to thank all the persons and companies who supported the project. A special thanks goes to Stahlbau Hausmann for the support during the installation and for the fabrication of the base plate, the pressure pipes and the inlays. Furthermore we would like to thank Jakob Rope Systems for the production of the ropes and Rösler Oberflächentechnik for the vibratory grinding of the nodes.
Lectures summer semester 2022
The lectures at the Chair of Metal Structures in the summer semester 2022 will be held in presence.
All information on the schedule and the course materials will be made available on Moodle by the beginning of the semester.
According to the currently valid Infection Protection Measures Ordinance, as of April 3, 2022, there is no longer a 3G obligation for entering TUM premises, so that the corresponding compliance check is no longer required. The obligation to wear a mask has also been lifted, but we urgently and emphatically recommend the use of FFP2 masks on all TUM premises where the minimum distance of 1.5 meters cannot be maintained.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Chair of the ad hoc group Composite Bridge Construction by Prof. Mensinger
As part of the revision of Eurocode 4 under the leadership of Prof. Markus Schäfer (University of Luxembourg), Prof. Mensinger is taking over the leadership of the ad hoc group on composite bridge design. Specifically, this involves prEN 1994-2 Eurocode 4 - Design of composite steel and concrete structures - Part 2: General rules and rules for bridges.
Prof. Mensinger elected new chairman of the Fire Protection Working Committee of the bauforumstahl e.V.
On March 22, 2022, Prof. Mensinger was elected as the new chairman of the Fire Protection Working Committee of bauforumstahl e.V., replacing his predecessor Prof. Peter Schaumann of the University of Hanover. The Fire Protection Working Committee deals with all issues of preventive structural fire protection for buildings in steel and composite construction, promotes the internal exchange of experience and represents the interests of the steel construction industry vis-à-vis other associations, standardization, authorities and politics.
2nd prize at the 23rd DASt Research Colloquium 2022 in Dortmund, Germany
Due to pandemics, the 23rd DASt Research Colloquium in Dortmund was held as a purely digital event on February 22 and 23, 2022. The established DASt Research Colloquium offers young researchers in steel, metal and composite construction an excellent platform to present their own research work to a broad, interested professional audience. Rudolf Röß from the Chair of Metal Construction was awarded second prize for his presentation on "Fabrication and structural details of bar bundle columns".
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Rudolf and are very happy about the award! It is nice that the innovative bar bundle columns meet with approval in practice.
New date Munich Steel Construction Days
Due to the continuous relaxation of the Corona measures, there is again the possibility to hold the Munich Steel Construction Days as a face-to-face event at the facilities of the Munich University of Applied Sciences. These are jointly organized and hosted by the Munich University of Applied Sciences, the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich and the Technical University Munich. The new date will be May 5 and 6.
Registrations that have already been made will be maintained for the time being. Should you not wish to do so, we will of course refund the conference fee paid immediately.
You will find all information and registration options at http://www.laborsl.hm.edu .
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance, which will be recognized by the Bavarian Chamber of Civil Engineers as continuing education (Reg. No. F210450) with 14 time units.
The participation fee includes the conference documents, the lunch snack, drinks during the breaks and the evening event.
You can download the flyer for the conference with the complete program overview directly here .
We look forward to your numerous participation, as well as the exchange and discussions at an interesting event!
Participation fee:
Regular: 380,- Euro + VAT; (Full-time) students: 60,- Euro + VAT.
Defense of the doctor's thesis from Andreas Hahn
On 15.12.2021 the successful defense of the dissertation of Mr. Andreas Hahn took place. The title of the thesis is "The effects of diffraction and multi-reflection on cylindrical columns and adjacent structures".
We are pleased with Dr.-Ing. Andreas Hahn and would like to thank Prof. Rutner (Technical University of Hamburg) for taking over the co-lecture as well as Prof. Bletzinger (TU Munich) for chairing the examination.
Defense of the doctor's thesis from Till Waas
On 22.09.2021 the successful defense of the dissertation of Mr. Till Waas took place. Mr. Waas wrote his thesis in cooperation with the company Linde Gas entitled "Development of engineering methods for the determination of the dynamic soil-structure interaction for elevated tank structures for the storage of liquefied gases".
We are pleased with Dr.-Ing. Till Waas and thank Prof. Müller and Prof. Hertle (both TU Munich) for taking over the co-lectures as well as Prof. Cudmani (also TU Munich) for chairing the examination.
PhD seminar summer semester 2021
Our PhD seminar in the summer semester 2021 took place in Munich with 17 participants. In the course of 14 detailed presentations with subsequent discussion, current research work was presented and new research ideas were collected. The presentations dealt with galvanized frame bridges, bar-bundle columns with high-strength reinforcing steel, composite columns with sheet metal sections using high strength steel, longitudinally stiffened buckling fields under multiaxial loading, and additive manufacturing in metal construction. Other topics included the ultimate load increase of predominantly compression loaded hollow structures, shape and fabrication optimization on welded-on plates, hot-dip galvanized composite beams and the load-bearing behavior of headed bolt studs in profiled plates with high webs under fire loading. Presentations were also given on high-strength tubes in scaffolding, the assessment of the fatigue safety of riveted and welded railroad bridges, the development of a mobile safety system for protection against vehicle attacks, and the automated preliminary structural design of steel-concrete composite buildings.
Public presentation of student designs for the planned urban bike bridge Ständlerstraße - A8
In the summer semester of 2021, our master's students have worked out and visualized designs for the replacement of the Ständlerstraße - A8 cycle path bridge.
A total of nine teams designed a wide variety of bike bridge structures under the supervision of Professor Martin Mensinger of the Chair of Metal Structures. In addition to idea generation and concept development at the beginning of the project, calculation, construction and visualization were important components of the project. The students received direct practical support from five Munich civil engineering offices.
The results are attractive designs of a barrier-free pedestrian and bicycle bridge as truss, arch and cable-stayed structures. The designs are based on the planning principles of the building department and were presented on 15.07.2021 in the Audimax of the TUM and met with an enthusiastic response. If you are interested in details of the designs, please contact our secretariat.
We would like to thank the civil engineering offices BPR, Bulicek, Grassl, SSF, ZMI for their support and the students for their extraordinary commitment. We would like to thank Mr. Michael Dzeba, City Councillor, representing the Lord Mayor of the City of Munich, and Mr. Andreas Kapeller, representing the Building Department, for coming and for their cooperation.
Final presentation of student designs for the planned urban bicycle bridge Ständlerstraße - A8
We are pleased to invite you to our presentation of the student designs for the replacement of the Ständlerstraße - A8 bicycle bridge. The designs are based on the planning principles of the building department. Already last year, we were able to establish a great interest of citizens and media with the designs for the Schwere-Reiter-Straße bicycle bridge.
The event will take place on 15.07.2021 from 16:00 to approx. 19:00, the event will be broadcast via Zoom.
Link: https://tum-conf.zoom.us/j/66951109874 Meeting-ID: 669 5110 9874 Password: 831811
Good news: On the way to CO2-neutral steel production
Steel is already the building material with by far the highest recycling rate. Well over 90% of the rolled sections used in German-speaking countries, are made of recycled material which, after use, can even be reused to make particularly high-quality products and does not have to be "thermally recycled" or buried in road construction.
Now the steel industry, together with the German government, is setting out on the road to C02-neutral steel production. The aim is to replace carbon as a reducing agent in primary steel production with climate-neutral hydrogen.
Further information on this major step in the right direction can be found here:
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https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/suche/konzept-stahlindustrie-1767100
For us, this is an incentive to continue our commitment to sustainable steel as a building material in research and teaching!
SAVE THE DATE: Münchner Stahlbautage 02.12.21 – 03.12.21
This year's Munich Steel Construction Days will take place at the Munich University of Applied Sciences on December 2 and 3, 2021.
Two of our scientific employees will also give us insights into their research as part of the presentations.
Niclas Rausch will talk about the structural stress concept and Florian Oberhaidinger will report on galvanized frame bridges.
The main topics are:
- News from steel construction standardization
- News in steel construction
- Projects in bridge construction
- News from steel construction research in Munich
- Historical steel structures
- Special topics and projects in structural engineering