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Dr. Benjamin Hirzinger

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Dr. Benjamin Hirzinger
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Appelstraße 11/11a
30167 Hannover
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Picture of IRTG member Benjamin Hirzinger Picture of IRTG member Benjamin Hirzinger
Dr. Benjamin Hirzinger
Research Staff
Address
Appelstraße 11/11a
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
  • Research Interests
    • Uncertatiny Quantification
    • Dynamical Systems
    • Reliability Analysis

     

  • Academic experience and education
    Since January 2022 Postdoctoral researcher at IBNM, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
    January 2021 - Dezember 2021 Structural engineer at Vienna Consulting Engineers (VCE), Austria
    2016 - 2020 Research associate and PhD candidate at the Unit of Applied Mechanics, University of Innsbruck, Austria
    2013 - 2016

    Master's degree in civil and environmental engineering, University of Innsbruck, Austria

    2009 - 2013Bachelor's degree in civil and environmental engineering, University of Innsbruck, Austria


  • Awards
    • Thesis Award 2021 of the Research Area Scientific Computing, University of Innsbruck (UIBK)


  • Journal Papers
    1. König, P., P. Salcher, C. Adam, and B. Hirzinger (2021). “Dynamic analysis of railway bridges exposed to high-speed trains considering the vehicle-track-bridge-soil interaction”. Acta Mechanica. 232. pp. 4583-4608.

    2. Adam, C. and B. Hirzinger (2020). “Ein Modell mit Boden-Bauwerk-Interaktion zur dynamischen Berechnung von Eisenbahnbrücken”. Bauingenieur. 95(7-8), pp. 289-298. (in German).

    3. Hirzinger, B., C. Adam, M. Oberguggenberger, and P. Salcher (2020). “Approaches for predicting the probability of failure of bridges subjected to high-speed trains”. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics 59. (Article 103021).

    4. Hirzinger, B., C. Adam, and P. Salcher (2020). “Dynamic response of a non-classically damped beam with general boundary conditions subjected to a moving mass-spring-damper system”. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 185. (Article 105877).

    5. Hirzinger, B., C. Adam, P. Salcher, and M. Oberguggenberger (2019). “On the optimal strategy of stochastic based reliability assessment of railway bridges for high-speed trains”. Meccanica 54.9, pp. 1385–1402.

    6. Luger, M., R. Traxl, U. Hofer, B. Hirzinger, and R. Lackner (2018). “RUC-based multi-scale model for braid-reinforced polymers: Application to coil springs”. Composites Part B 155, pp. 431– 443.