Field: Reliable and Silent Transport Infrastructure

Main Research: Structrual Dynamics, Concrete Engineering, Structural Health Monitoring, Impact of Natural Hazards, Retrofitting Techniques

Experience:

Alois Vorwagner graduated in civil engineering at the Graz University of Technology (Austria) and finished his PHD at Technical university of Vienna in the field of retrofitting of concrete structures. Since May 2014 he is senior researcher and thematic coordinator – leading a Team, with focus on Structural Dynamics, Ground Vibration, Seismic Engineering, Structural Health Monitoring and Lifecycle Engineering. From 2005 to 2014 he was active as engineering consultant and senior project manager and was working in different national and international constructions- projects. He was dealing in different fields of structural and civil engineering, concrete design, seismic engineering, dynamics and soil engineering.

• 2005-2014: Consulting Engineer
  Fröhlich und Locher ZT- GmbH / Austria
• 2008-2011: Research Engineer
  Technical University of Vienna / Austria

• 2018-2020: Board OGE
• 2019-2023: Borad IABSE Austria

• Verstärkung mit vorgespannten, eingeschlitzten Lamellen
  Author(s): A. Vorwagner, S. Burtscher, G. Grass, J. Kollegger
  Journal: Beton Stahlbetonbau (2010)
• Effizientes Vorspannen von CFK-Lamellen
  Author(s): A. Vorwagner; S. Burtscher; G. Grass
  Journal: Beton Stahlbetonbau (2012)
• Safety assessment of existing retaining structures
  Author(s): Matthias J. Rebhan, Alois Vorwagner, Maciej Kwapisz, Roman Marte Franz Tschuchnigg Stefan L. Burtscher
  Journal: Geomechanics and Tunneling, 10 (2017)
• Influence of the shape and size of cavities on pressure waves inside high-speed railway tunnels
  Author(s): D. Heine, K. Ehrenfried, H. Kühnelt, M. Rudolf, S.Vorwagner, A. Vorwagner, F. Saliger
  Journal: Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 189 (2019)
• Corrosion damage to cantilever MR walls – Representation in tests and calculations
  Author(s): Matthias J. Rebhan Roman Marte Alois Vorwagner Franz Tschuchnigg Maciej Kwapisz
  Journal: Geomechanics and Tunneling (2019)
• Verkehrsschwingungen bei Betonierarbeiten auf bestehenden Straßenbrücken
  Author(s): Marian Ralbovsky Alois Vorwagner Michael Kleiser Thomas Kozakow Roman Geier
  Journal: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau (2020)
• Abschätzung von verkehrsinduzierten Schwingungen von Straßenbrücken vor Betonierarbeiten
  Author(s): Marian Ralbovsky Alois Vorwagner Michael Kleiser Thomas Kozakow
  Journal: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau (2020)
• Versuchstechnische Untersuchungen zu Korrosionsschäden an Winkelstützmauern
  Author(s): Matthias J. Rebhan, Alois Vorwagner, Stefan L. Burtscher, Maciej Kwapisz, Roman Marte
  Journal: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau, 115 (2020)

• Wedge Anchorage for Fibre Reinforced Polymeers
  Inventor: Burtscher, Vorwagner
  Submission Date: 19.02.2016
  Issue Date: 19.02.2016

• Publications AIT publications database