Completed Doctoral Theses

The following Doctoral Theses have been completed at the Chair of Concrete Structures and Bridge Design to date.

2024

Exploring the shear behaviour of fibre-reinforced concrete

  • Doctoral candidate: Nicola Gehri
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Prof. Dr. J. Mata Falcón, Dr. A. Amin, Prof. Dr. G. Plizzari, Prof. em. Dr. F. Vecchio

2023

Concrete structures with stay-in-place flexible formworks and integrated textile reinforcement

  • Doctoral candidate: Minu Lee
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Dr. J. Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. M. Fernández Ruiz, Prof. Dr. V. Mechtcherine, Prof. G. Nordenson

New insights in bond and tension stiffening of reinforced concrete under monotonic and high-cyclic loading

  • Doctoral candidate: Yasmin Lemcherreq
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Prof. em. T. Vogel, Prof. Dr. C. Zanuy Sanchez, O.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. M.Eng. J. Kollegger

Load-deformation behaviour of reinforced concrete structures affected by local corrosion

  • Doctoral candidate: Severin Häfliger
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Prof. Dr. B. Belletti, Prof. Dr. T. Kanstad

Rethinking Structural Concrete for Digital Fabrication

  • Doctoral candidate: Patrick Bischof
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Dr. J. Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. H. Kloft, Prof. Dr. M. Meboldt

Structural behaviour of partially loaded areas and concrete hinges

  • Doctoral candidate: Tomislav Markić
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Prof. Dr. L. C. Hoang, Prof. Dr. A. Pérez Caldentey, Dr. M. Bimschas

Reinforcement Strategies for Digital Fabrication with Concrete

  • Doctoral candidate: Lukas Gebhard
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Dr. J. Mata-Falcón, Prof. Dr. C. Menna, Dr. F. Bos, Dr. A. Galmarini

Distributed fibre optical sensing in structural concrete – exploring its potential to improve the mechanical modelling of bond

  • Doctoral candidate: Tena Galkovski
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Dr. J. Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. O. Fischer, Dr. C. Burns

2021

Effect of transverse bending on the shear capacity of concrete bridges

  • Doctoral candidate: Dimosthenis Karagiannis
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Prof. Dr. E. Bentz, Dr. H. Seelhofer

Paradigms of shear in structural concrete: Theoretical and experimental investigation

  • Doctoral candidate: Alexander Beck
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Kollegger, Prof. em. Dr. P. Marti

2016

Effiziente und wandelbare Tragwerke für Hochhäuser aus Stahlbeton

  • Doctoral candidate: Kevin M. Rahner
  • Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
  • Co-examiners: Prof. Dr. P. Marti, Prof. Dr. M. Schlaich