




Professor
Institute for Mechanics of Materials & Structures
Vienna University of Technology
Email: herbert.mang@tuwien.ac.at
Personal website
Computational Multi-Scale Analyses in Civil Engineering
Ph.D.,
Major: Structural Engineering, Minor: Mathematics,
Texas Tech University, 1974
77: Habilitation (D.Sc.), Vienna University of Technology
79: Associate Prof., Vienna University of Technology
82: Rejection of Full Professorship (Strength of Materials),
Graz University of Technology
83: Full Prof. (Strength of Materials), Vienna University of Technology
84-85: Head, Institute for Structural Analysis and Strength of Materials
85-04: Head, Institute for Strength of Materials
89-91: Member (1990-1991: Chairman) of the Board of the Computer
Center,
Vienna University of Technology
91-94: Dean (Chairman), Faculty of Civil Engineering,
Vienna University of Technology
92-95: Chairman, Central European Association for Computational
Mechanics
94-95: Prorector (Vice President), Vienna University of Technology
95-03: Secretary General, Austrian Academy of Sciences
98-: Vice President, International Association for Computational
Mechanics
03-: Member of the Science Council of the Federal Government of
Austria
03-06: President, Austrian Academy of Sciences
03-05: Member of the Governing Board of the Austrian National Science
Foundation
04-: Deputy Head, Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures
05-: President, European Commission for
Computational Methods in
Applied Sciences
74: Honor Society PHI KAPPA PHI
77: Cardinal Innitzer-Advancement Prize
78: Theodor Körner-Advancement Prize
78: Advancement Prize of the City of Vienna
82: Prize of the Chamber of Commerce of Vienna for Technical
Sciences
90: Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
93: Fellow of the Texas Tech University Civil Engineering Academy
94: Member of the Viennese Catholic Academy
96: Wilhelm Exner-Medal
97: Distinguished Engineer Award of
the College of Engineering of
Texas Tech University
97: Honorary Member of the Polish Association for Computational
Mechanics
98: Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics
01: Fellow of the International Association for Bridge and Structural
Engineering
01: Great Badge of Honor of the State of Styria, Austria
02: FEM-Class of 42 Meeting (International Colloquium in Honor of
Seven Scientists in the Area of Computational Mechanics)
02: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art of First Class
03: Structural Engineering Fellowship of the University of Hong Kong
04: Naming of a Small Planet by its discoverer, Prof. L. Schmadel,
University of Heidelberg, as “Mang”
05: Honorary Advisory Board of the University of Leoben, Austria
06: Commander of the National Order "Star of Romania"
06: Medal of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences for Merits for
the Development of Scientific Relations between Lithuania & Austria
06: Honorary Member of the Croatian Society of Mechanics
06: St. George Medal "Honour, Glory, Labour", 1st Degree,
Intl. Academy of Rating and Sociology "Golden Fortune", Ukraine
06: Honorary President of the Austro-Ukrainian
Institute for Sci.&Tech.
06: Great Golden Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
• Mechanics of deformable solids
• Structural Mechanics
• Computational Mechanics
(static and dynamic stress analyses, stability of structures, ultimate load analysis of reinforced concrete structures, geomechanical investigations, numerical simulations of the mechanical behavior of concrete, rock, and soil, finite element technology, boundary element methods, coupling of finite element and boundary element discretizations)
• Computational acoustics
• Multi-field analysis
• Multi-scale analysis
• 14 books (4 co-authored, 10 co-edited), 4 chapters of handbooks, 2 special issues of journals (co-edited)
• 387 papers in scientific journals and books (including papers submitted for publication)
• 360 oral scientific presentations comprising approximately 200 “invited lectures” including numerous “plenary lectures” and “keynote lectures”, respectively, at congresses, conferences and symposia, and more than 100 “guest lectures” at universities and academies of sciences
• chairman of habilitation committees for 6 members of the Institute, participation in numerous habilitation committees in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia
• adviser and referee of 25 doctoral dissertations, co-referee of 17 doctoral dissertations
• leader of more than 30 sponsored research projects
• co-organizer of 6 international conferences including 2 IUTAM/IACM symposia
• co-chairman of the Fifth and the Sixth World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM V and VI) and of the Thirteenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV 13)
• Selected publications
- Mang, H.A.; Floegl, H.; Trappel, F.; Walter, H.: Wind-Loaded Reinforced Concrete Cooling Towers: Buckling or Ultimate Load? Engineering Structures 5 (1983), p. 153-180.
- Mang, H.A.; Lackner, R.; Meschke, G.; Mosler, J.: Computational Modeling of Concrete Structures. Comprehensive Structural Integrity (Herausgeber B. Karihaloo; R.O. Ritchie; I. Milne), Band III (Herausgeber R. de Borst, H.A. Mang), p. 541-605, Elsevier, Oxford, 2003.
- Lackner, R.; Pichler, Ch.; Mang, H.A.: Thermochemomechanics of Cement-based Materials at Finer Scales of Observation: Application to Hybrid Analyses of Shotcrete Tunnel Linings, Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Multi-physics and Multi-scale Computer Models in Non-linear Analysis and Optimal Design of Engineering Structures under Extreme Conditions, Bled, Slovenia, June 13-17, 2004, Eds. A. Ibrahimbegovic, B. Brank, p. 170-199.
- Mang, H.A.; Schranz, Ch.; Mackenzie-Helnwein, P.: Conversion from Imperfection-Sensitive into Imperfection-Insensitive Elastic Structures I: Theory, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 195 (13-16), p. 1422-1457.
- Schranz, Ch.; Krenn, B.; Mang, H.A.: Conversion from Imperfection-Sensitive into Imperfection-Insensitive Elastic Structures II: Numerical Investigation, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 195 (13-16), p. 1458-1479.