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Minimum sound insulation 2010 – generally recognized technical regulations and DIN 4109
Preview – Article appears in Bauphysik 02/2010

"Klöppel-Yamada yield condition"
In 1958, when a 28-year-old recipient of a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the Institute for Structural Steel of the TH Darmstadt (under Prof. Kurt Klöppel), Minoru Yamada published together with Kurt Klöppel in the journal "Der Stahlbau" (now "Stahlbau"), the essay:
Yield polyhedron of the rectangular and I-section under the effect of bending moment, normal and lateral force.

Construction Products List 2009/3 edition - published in Feb. 2010
The changes to edition 2009/1 are to be found in the DIBt Mitteilungen (DiBt News), issue 6/2009 (Dec. 2009) and issue 1/2010 (Feb. 2010).

Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences Awarded
Ninth Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences Awarded to Dr. Peter Hegemann, Dr. Georg Nagel, and Dr. Ernst Bamberg.
“The Wiley Prize is being awarded to Dr. Hegemann, Dr. Nagel, and Dr. Bamberg for their discovery of a light activated ion channel," said Dr. Günter Blobel, Chairman of the awards jury for the Wiley Prize. “The use of channelrhodopsins has revolutionized the study of networks in the brain.”

Investigations on the application of Ultra-High-Performance-Fibre-Reinforced-Concrete (UHPFRC) tunnel segments at the double shell lining construction
Journal article for free download taken from Bautechnik 1/2010

Temporary works for the project “Brenner rail axis, northern approach”
Journal article for free download taken from Geomechanics and Tunnelling 6/2009

Ernst & Sohn Yearbook Seminars
In 2010 Ernst & Sohn will once again be holding seminars on the Masonry, Building Physics and Steel Structures Yearbooks.

Future dimensioning of masonry - Overview and simplified procedure
Journal article for free download taken from Mauerwerk 5/2009

Innovative Concepts for Concrete Structures
Free download of journal article from Beton- und Stahlbetonbau (Concrete and Reinforced Structures), 1/2009