Prof.
Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach
Dipl.-Ing.
Gregor Bachmann
Institute and Laboratory of Geotechnics
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Petersenstraße 13
64287 Darmstadt
T.:
+49 (0) 61 51-16 31 49
Fax:
+49 (0) 61 51-16 66 83
http://www.gt.bauing.tu-darmstadt.de/mitarbeiter/bachmann.htm
bachmann@geotechnik.tu-darmstadt.de,
katzenbach@geotechnik.tu-darmstadt.de
The
Technische Universität Darmstadt evolved
from urban, technical schools which were opened in Darmstadt in 1826. In 1899
doctoral rights were conferred to the Technische Universität Darmstadt. Civil
engineering was a firmly established course right from the beginning. Therefore,
the Faculty of Civil Engineering – today called the Faculty of Civil
Engineering and Geodesy – belongs to one of the oldest academic teaching
centers for civil engineers in Germany. More than 1.000 students are registered
at the faculty and it is therefore one of the largest faculties at Technische
Universität Darmstadt. In addition the branch of study Business
Administration/Civil Engineering is offered.
The
Institute of Geotechnics evolved from the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and
Foundation Engineering. In 1960 the Institute was founded as an independent
Institute for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering by Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Herbert Breth. An efficient Institute was established, including the
Laboratory of Geotechnics (Testing
Laboratory for Earthwork and Ground Engineering according to Building
Regulation Law).
Since
1993 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach is the director of the Institute and the
Laboratory of Geotechnics.
The
facilities of the Institute and the Laboratory of Geotechnics comprehend a soil
mechanical laboratory, a large testing facility and a computational laboratory.
The soil mechanical laboratory consists of i.a. triaxial and uniaxial, static
and cyclic test stations and several model test set-ups. The laboratory
comprises also a team for geotechnical measurement instrumentation, especially
for high-rise buildings, and field measurements, e.g. pressuremeter
measurements. Furthermore, the Institute and the Laboratory of Geotechnics is a
member of the Darmstadt Center of Scientific Computation having access to the
supercomputer of the Technische Universität Darmstadt.
Prof.
Dr.-Ing. Rolf Katzenbach
Professor Katzenbach was from 1969 to 1976 student at
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Faculty of Civil Engineering. 1981 he
finished his PhD-Thesis: "Developments in Construction and Computation in
Urban Tunnelling" with the result: "summa cum laude". Since 1981
he is a consulting engineer in geotechnical engineering and in environmental
geotechnics, since 1993 full professor at Technische Universität Darmstadt and
head of the Institute and the Laboratory of Geotechnics of Technische Universität
Darmstadt. He is also since 1993 senior partner and co-owner of Ingenieursozietät
Professor Dr.-Ing. Katzenbach,
Frankfurt/Darmstadt. From 1995 on he is
working in several national and international Comittees, e.g. member of
DIN-standards Management-Committee, Department 05 "Foundations, Geotechnics",
member of the Managing Committee of the German Geotechnical Society (Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Geotechnik ∙ DGGT), (till 2005) Chairman of the
International Technical Committee TC 5 „Environmental Geotechnics“ of the
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE),Chairman
of CEN Committee 341 „Geotechnical Investigation and Testing“ of European
Committee of Standardization, Chairman oft the International Technical Committee
TC 18 “Deep Foundations” of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), Vice President of the European Expert Group
ELGIP (European Large Geotechnical Institutes Platform) and board member of the
International Consortium on landslides (ICL).
TUD1.
Katzenbach, R., Rüppel, U., Meissner, U.F.,Giere, J., Greb, S. (2002):
Process-oriented network-based Computing for Geotechnical Engineering. Proc. of
the 9th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering,
Taipei, Taiwan, 3.-5.4.2002, 903-908.
TUD2.
Katzenbach, R., Fehsenfeld, A. (2003): Standsicherheitsuntersuchungen an Bahndämmen
nach dem Konzept der experimentellen Statik. Mitteilungen des Institutes und der
Versuchsanstalt für Geotechnik der Technischen Universität Darmstadt, Heft 64,
173-194.
TUD3.
Katzenbach, R., Hofmann, H. (2003): Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der
Identifikation und der Beherrschung von Massenbewegungen von Boden und Fels (Rutschungen).
Bauingenieur 78 (2003), Heft
7/8, 381-386.
TUD4.
Katzenbach, R., Festag, G. (2004): Material behaviour of dry sand under cyclic
loading. International Conference on “Cyclic Behaviour of Soils and
Liquefaction Phenomena”, Bochum,
31.3.-2.4., Balkema Publishers, 153-158
TUD5.
Katzenbach, R., Giere, J., Seip, M. (2004): Stability and serviceability of
tailing heaps with visco-plastic materials. 5th International Conference on Case
Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, New York, 13.-17.4.2004.
TUD6.
Katzenbach, R., Bachmann, G. (2005): Permanente messtechnische Kontrolle tiefer
Baugruben zur Schadensprävention. Mitteilungen des Institutes und der
Versuchsanstalt für Geotechnik der Technischen Universität Darmstadt, Heft 71,
201-212.
TUD7. Katzenbach, R. Bachmann,
G., Gutberlet, Chr., Turek, J. (2005): The importance of measurements for
evaluating numerical analyses of foundations of high-rise buildings. 11th IACMAG,
Turino, Italy, 19 – 24.6. 2005.
TUD8.
Katzenbach, R., Werner, A. (2005): Experimental studies for the increase of
slope stability of historical embankments due to the effects of capillarity and
vegetation. 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering 2005, Osaka, Japan, 12.-16.9.2005.
TUD9.
Katzenbach, R., B. Schneider-Muntau., W. Fellin. (2005):
Numerical Modelling of Creeping Landslides: Applicability of Material Properties
determined in laborarory Experiments. International Symposium on Latest Natural
Disasters – New Challenges for Engineering Geology, Geotechnics and Civil
Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria, 5.-8.9.2005.
TUD10.
Katzenbach, R., Bachmann, G., Gutberlet, Chr. (2005):
Possiblities and Limits of the Identification and Handling of Landslides.
International Symposium on Latest Natural Disasters – New Challenges for
Engineering Geology, Geotechnics and Civil Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria,
5.-8.9.2005.