Felix Weber

MAURER SE, R&D Engineer | Zurich, Switzerland

About

Felix Weber received his MSc (1996) and PhD (2001) in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich. After this he was working for 13 years as senior scientist within the ETH domain developing innovative damping systems for the efficient mitigation of structural vibrations. Since 2015 Felix Weber is working as R&D engineer at Maurer Switzerland GmbH which belongs to MAURER SE of Germany. His work aims at model-based development of efficient damping and isolation systems for civil structures. He is member of the working group 5 of TC340 for the development of the European Standard EN 15129 for Antiseismic Devices.

Felix Weber

CTBUH Roles

Annual Conference, Presenter (Middle East 2018)

Research

21 June 2019

Reduced-mass Adaptive TMD for Tall Buildings Damping

Felix Weber, Maurer Switzerland GmbH; Peter Huber & Simon Spensberger & Christian Braun, Maurer SE; Johann Distl, Maurer Engineering GmbH

Tall buildings are prone to wind-induced vibrations due to their slenderness whereby peak structural accelerations may be higher than the recommended maximum value. The common...

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Research

17 October 2016

Real-Time Controlled TMD of Danube City Tower

Felix Weber, Peter Huber, Hans Distl & Christian Braun, MAURER AG

Since 2014, a MAURER controlled TMD has mitigated the first bending mode of the Danube City Tower in Vienna, Austria. It consists of a pendulum...

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21 June 2019

Reduced-mass Adaptive TMD for Tall Buildings Damping

Felix Weber, Maurer Switzerland GmbH; Peter Huber & Simon Spensberger & Christian Braun, Maurer SE; Johann Distl, Maurer Engineering GmbH

Tall buildings are prone to wind-induced vibrations due to their slenderness whereby peak structural accelerations may be higher than the recommended maximum value. The common...

17 October 2016

Real-Time Controlled TMD of Danube City Tower

Felix Weber, Peter Huber, Hans Distl & Christian Braun, MAURER AG

Since 2014, a MAURER controlled TMD has mitigated the first bending mode of the Danube City Tower in Vienna, Austria. It consists of a pendulum...