NiGRES tower at the Oka river
Vladimir G. Shukhov (1853 – 1939) is one of the pioneers of lightweight construction. In 1927 – 1929 he planned and built a group of 6 transmission line towers, with two of them reaching an overall height of more than 130m. One of these very tall towers still exists today. With its astounding lightness, structural clarity and simple yet elegant detailing this building is undoubtedly one of Shukhov´s most striking constructions.
At the chair of structural design, the tower was examined, documented and analyzed within the last years. One of the focal points of the investigation was the overall geometry of the tower and the composition and layout of its constituent elements. Another focus shifts to the structural behavior of the tower and the analysis of the existing calculations in its historical context.
Publications:
Matthias Beckh, Rainer Barthel, Andrij Kutnyi: Construction and Structural Behaviour of Vladimir Suchov's Niges Tower. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Structural Analysis of Hist. Constructions, Bath 2008, p. 183-190.
Cooperation Partners:
Prof. Kolesov, Prof. Nikolskij, Prof. Tatjana P. Vinogradova Universität Nishnij Novgorod
Prof. Dr. Murat Gappoev, Staatliche Universität für Bauwesen Moskau
Prof. Dr. Graefe, Universität Innsbruck, Institut für Architekturtheorie und Baugeschichte
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Schuller, Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhl für Baugeschichte, historische Bauforschung und Denkmaplfege,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uta Hassler, ETH Zürich, Institut für Denkmalpflege
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Hanke, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Albert Grimm-Pitzinger, Arbeitsbereich Vermessung und Geoinformation, Universität Innsbruck.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut Saal, Universität Karlsruhe, Institut für Stahlbau