Master's Theses

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

Exploring the limits of applicability of stress fields to assess RC structures

  • Student: Davide Bianchi
  • Supervision: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann, Dr. J. Mata Falcón, Dr. M. Bimschas, K. Yu, S. Hörmann
  • awarded with the ETH-Medal

Tall timber buildings - Design space exploration and optimization of semi-rigid frame connections with Deep learning

  • Student: Aurélien Clerc
  • Supervision: Prof. Dr. A. Frangi, Dr. M. Kraus, C. Bink, S. Kuhn

Pretensioning of a railway bridge prototype with CFRP rods

Influence of local corrosion on the load-bearing behaviour of girder bridges

Numerical Implementation of Principal Stress Plots in Rhinoceros

Implementation of the sandwich model in the numerical Framework Compas FEA

Compressive membrane action in laterally re-strained concrete slabs

Implementation of the Corroded Tension Chord Model as User Programmable Feature in ANSYS Mechanical APDL

Influence of the relative rib area on the serviceability of structural concrete

Experimental Study of the Bond Performance in Fibre Reinforced Polymer Prestressed Concrete

  • Student: Kathrina Vangen
  • Supervision: Prof. Dr. Antonio Marí Bernat, Prof. Dr. Eva Oller Ibars, Dr. J. Mata Falcón

 

Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Structural Conrete Engineering

Robotically fabricated shear connections in reinforced concrete structures

Parametric Modelling and Generative Design of Concrete Structures  

Computational Analysis of Shell Structures Using Knitted Formwork and Reinforcement

Machine learning-based generative design and verification of construction pits

Minimum Shear Reinforcement for Concrete Membrane Elements Using Different Levels of Approximation

AI-based prediction model for the “Rock-burst” impact test for reinforced shotcrete slabs

Parametric Modelling and Generative Design - A Multi-Step Machine Learning Approach for Design and Optimization of Network Tied-Arch Bridges

Topological Exploration of Reinforced Concrete Shells

Investigation of bond behaviour under repeated loading using DFOS

Global and local analysis of UHPFRC lap splices with refined distributed optical measurements

Theoretical, numerical, and experimental investigation of concrete hinges

Analysis of composite bridge decks supported by stay cables

Optimisation of Network Tied-Arch Bridges

Optimisation of Network tied-arch bridges

Optimisation of Network Tied-Arch Bridges

Nonlinear Finite-Element analysis of a large offshore concrete structure

Nonlinear Finite-Element analysis of a pre-stressed reinforced concrete bridge

Optimization of network tied-arch bridges

Behaviour of concrete membrane elements in the crack formation phase

Mechanical behaviour of textile reinforced 3D printed concrete structures

  • Student: Francesco Moiana
  • Supervision: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann, Dr. J. Mata Falcón, Dr. Lex Reiter, M. Lee

Recent and potential applications of concrete hinges in bridges

Structural performance of ribbed concrete elements using flexible formworks with integrated reinforcement

  • Student: Patrick Studer
  • Supervision: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann, M. Lee, Dr. J. Mata Falcón
  • awarded with the 3rd Heinrich-Hatt-Bucher Prize

Structural design for EuroTube

Reinforcement strategies for 3D printed slabs

Load carrying and deformation behaviour of cantilever retaining walls affected by local corrosion of the reinforcement

Structural design of the Birssteg in Basel-Stadt

Analytical shear response of reinforced concrete beams using cracked membrane model

Modular construction systems in Switzerland: structural assessment and development of retrofit measures

Load-deformation behaviour of tension ties with weft-knitted textile reinforcement

Load-bearing behaviour of functionally graded steel fibre reinforced concrete beams

Effect of transverse bending on the shear capacity of concrete bridges accounting for the load-distribution between web and deck/bottom flange

Simplified calculation methods for reinforced concrete columns in case of fire in the new EN 1992-1-2

Load carrying and deformation capacity of concrete tension members and retaining walls with locally corroded reinforcement

Structural design of the Polcevera-Viaduct

Stress transfer across cracks in slightly reinforced concrete panels subjected to shear - Aggregate interlock analysis

Stress transfer across cracks in slightly reinforced concrete panels subjected to shear - Influence of the stress-strain-relationship of reinforcing steel

Experimental and theoretical investigation on partially loaded reinforced concrete blocks

Structural design of the pedestrian bridge at Schloss Böttstein

Investigation on the stress-strain-relationship of artificially damaged reinforcing bars

New opportunities for fibre reinforced concrete in digital fabrication

Experimental and theoretical investigations of shear Transfer across cracks in reinforced concrete panels

Reinforcement-concrete interaction near cracks

Long-term deflections of free cantilever bridges

Pull-out tests on reinforcing bars using distributed fibre optical strain measurement

  • Student: Sebastian Wehrli
  • Supervisors: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann, T. Galkovski
  • awarded with the Sika Prize

Load-bearing capacity of joints in segmented bridges

Experimental investigation of cracking and deformations of concrete ties reinforced with high strength steel

Stress state in uncracked concrete structures - Potential for the reduction of minimal reinforcement and the application of materials with limited ductility

Bond behaviour of structural concrete - Fibre optic strain measurements at tension members with mixed and coupled reinforcement

Adaptive structural systems

Bond behaviour of structural concrete - Fibre-optic strain measurements on single-reinforced tension ties

Automated design of discontinuity regions of RC members

Load factors for permanent actions and cable preload in cable-stayed bridges

  • Student: Kevin Widmer 
  • Supervisors: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann, D. Karagiannis
  • awarded with the VSV Prize

Uncertainty of digital image correlation measurements applied on structural concrete tests

Structural safety of RC bridge piers under train impact

Experimental study on the bond-slip behaviour of CFRP laminates bonded on RC tensile members

Compression tests on concrete cylinders using DIC-based measurement systems

Analysis of the deformation capacity of artificially corroded reinforcing bars

Inelastic deformation behaviour of RC bridge piers

  • Student: Duc Thong Tran 
  • Supervisors: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann, Dr. M. Bimschas
  • awarded with the Culmann Prize

Systematic analysis of RC members under fire conditions

Concrete hinges

Refurbishment and widening of "Die Grüne Brücke" in Grisons

Numerical methods for the generation of statically admissible solutions

Analysis of the deformation capacity of artificially corroded reinforcing bars

Theoretical investigation of the influence of unequal shear distribution on the punching shear capacity under non-rotional-symmetric loading

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