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Fritz Leonhardt
Prof. em. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. mult.
* 1909 † 1999 in Stuttgart
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| 1927 - 1931 |
Student of civil engineering at Stuttgart University,
degree of Diplom-Ingenieur |
| 1932 - 1933 |
Graduate studies at Purdue University, West-Lafayette, Indiana, USA |
| 1934 - 1939 |
Bridge engineer of the Autobahnen in Stuttgart, Berlin and Cologne |
| 1957 - 1974 |
Professor at Stuttgart University, Institute for Concrete Structures |
| 1939 |
Foundation of the engineering firm |
| 1966 - 1969 |
Rector (President) of Stuttgart University |
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- Development of new systems for prestressed concrete in theory
and construction
- Research work mainly for shear and torsion of reinforced and
prestressed
concrete crack control
- Development of light roadway slabs for steel bridges, design
of numerous large and
small bridges in many countries with fundamental innovations
- First slender box girder bridges in steel and prestressed concrete
- New construction methods of prestressed concrete bridges
- Development of the incremental launching system
- Neopot bearings and sliding bearings on Teflon
- Development of aerodynamically solid suspension bridges since
1952 with
streamlined low cross-sections
- Cable-stayed bridges with simplest construction methods and
anti-corrosive cables
with HiAm anchorages
- 1954 Design of the Stuttgart TV tower, first example of high-rise
concrete towers
with tower restaurant. Later design of several other TV and telecommunication
towers with many technical innovations
- 1952 first high-rise buildings with "core" to absorb wind loads
- Support of Frei Otto in the structural development and analysis
for tent like roofs
with steel rope network of large spans
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Author of several technical books and many scientific papers and research reports:
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| 1955 |
Spannbeton für die Praxis (Prestressed concrete for practice) |
| 1964 |
Prestressed Concrete - Design and Construction |
| 1972 - 1978 |
Vorlesungen über Massivbau - (Lectures on massive construction) Vol. 1 - 6 |
| 1982 |
Brücken - Bridges |
| 1988 |
Türme - Towers |
| 1984 (1988) |
Baumeister in einer umwälzenden Zeit (Builder in a revolutionary age) |
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The following are among the many honors Professor Leonhardt has received:
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| 1965 |
Goldene Ehrenmünze of the Österreichische Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein |
| 1968 |
Medaille d'Or Gustave Magnel, Belgium |
| 1972 |
Honorary Member of the American Concrete Institute |
| 1974 |
Dr.techn.h.c. of the Technical University of Denmark |
| 1974 |
Freyssinet-Medal of the Fédération Internationale de la Précontrainte (FIP) |
| 1974 |
Honorary Member of the Chamber of Architects of Baden-Württemberg |
| 1974 |
Distinguished Service Award of Oregon State University, USA |
| 1975 |
Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers, London |
| 1980 |
Grosses Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(Grand Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) |
| 1980 |
Honorary Doctor of Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, USA |
| 1980 |
Dr.h.c. of the University of Liége, Belgium |
| 1982 |
Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, Heidelberg |
| 1982 |
Gold Medal of Merit, State of Vienna, Austria |
| 1988 |
Dr.h.c. of the University of Bath, England |
| 1989 |
Prix Albert Caquot of the Associación Francaise pour la Construction,
Paris |
| 1991 |
Bürgermedaille of the City of Stuttgart |
| 1994 |
Golden Ring of Honor of the German Museum in Munich |
| 1995 |
Großer DAI-Prize |
| 1998 |
Naming of the "Fritz-Leonhardt-Realschule" in Stuttgart-Degerloch |
| 1998 |
Dr.h.c. of the University of Pavia, Italy
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