Frank L. Stahl
Biographical Information
| Name: | Frank L. Stahl |
|---|---|
| Born on | 29 January 1920 in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany, Europe |
| Place(s) of activity: | |
| 1938 - 1939 | Begins his studies at the ETH in Zurich, but due to the outbreak of World War II he is interned for two years in a labor camp. After being released he works in an engineer's office and attends an evening school to obtain his engineer's degree. |
| 1946 | Graduates from the Abend-Technikum in Zurich. |
| 1946 | Begins to work for Ammann & Whitney. |
| 1955 - 1967 | Project engineer at Amman & Whitney. |
| 1968 - 1976 | Associate at Amman & Whitney. |
| 1977 - 1981 | Senior Associate at Amman & Whitney. |
| 1978 - 1983 | ASTM Vice-Chairman Committee A1 on Steel (1971-1982 Chairman of the subcommitte on steel reinforcement). |
| 1982 | ASTM Award of Merit. |
| 1982 - 1993 | Chief engineer at Amman & Whitney. |
| 1983 | ASCE Innovation in Civil Engineering Award of Merit. |
| 1986 | James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation Gold Award. |
| 1986 | AISC Prize Bridge, Category Reconstruction, for Golden Gate Bridge deck replacement. |
| 1992 | IBC John A. Roebling Medal for lifetime achievement in bridge engineering. |
| Since 1994 | Independent consultant. |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
chief engineer
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Golden Gate Bridge
- John A. Roebling's Sons Company
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Royal Gorge Bridge
engineer
- Delaware Memorial Bridge cables
project engineer
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Throgs Neck Bridge
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Verrazano Narrows Bridge
- Ammann & Whitney
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Walt Whitman Bridge
Bibliography
- Throgs Neck Bridge: Why did its deck deteriorate?, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", July 1983, n. 7 v. 53
- The Golden Gate Bridge, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 12/1980, v. 352
- Williamsburg Bridge - Load Test, presented at 5th Annual International Bridge Conference, 1988, Paper IBC 88-15.
- Williamsburg Bridge Cable Replacement, presented at Infrastructure-Repairs and Inspection, 1987.
- Golden Gate Bridge - Performance Under Wind Loading, presented at Structures Congress XIII, Boston, Massachusetts, 2-5.4.1995.
- Orthotropic Steel Plates for Bridge Deck Replacement, ASTM STP 1100, 1990
- Bridge Rehabilitation, Journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section [ASCE] v. 5, n. 2, 1990
- Golden Gate Bridge: Deck Investigation, in "Journal of the Technical Councils of ASCE", April 1981, n. 1 v. 107; pp. 101-116
- Cable Systems Investigations ot Improve Corrosion Protection for the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, presented at 9th Annual International Bridge Conference, 1992, Paper IBC 92-10.
- Golden Gate Bridge Deck Replacement, The Welding Innovation Quarterly, Summer 1986
- Structural Steel in Large Bridge Construction, ASTM Standardization News, 09/1983
- Investigations of Fractures in the Anchorages of the Triborough Bridge, presented at 10th Annual International Bridge Conference, 1993, Paper IBC 93-39.
- Rehabilitation of the Royal Gorge Bridge, presented at 7th Annual International Bridge Conference, 1990, Paper IBC 90-54..
- Golden Gate Bridge - Report of the Chief Engineer [Vol. II], San Francisco (Etats-Unis), 2007
- Quality Controls for Steel Construction, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", October 1965, n. 10 v. 35
- Cable Corrosion in Bridges and Other Structures, ASCE Press, New York (Etats-Unis), ISBN 0784400148, 1996; pp. 225
- Seismic Retrofit of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented at 7th Annual Bridge Conference, 1990, Paper IBC 90-58.
- Verrazano Narrows Bridge: Fabrication and Construction of Superstructure of Bridge Proper, presented at ASCE Structural Engineering Conference and Annual Meeting, 19-23.10.1964.
- Quality Control of Structural Steel(technical report), 1968
- Long-Span Suspension Bridges, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 12/1980, v. 352
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