Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Laufs

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Faculty Engineering Sciences

Chair in Metal Structures

Fakultät Ingenieurwissenschaften

+49 3727 581775

0174 5227149

laufs@hs-mittweida.de

7-106

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Technikumplatz 17b

09648 Mittweida

7-106

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Mittweida University

Fakultät Ingenieurwissenschaften

Technikumplatz 17

09648 Mittweida

Teaching

Building Physics
Welded Structures
Engineering Mechanics 1
Engineering Mechanics 2 (Strength of Materials)
Steel Structures in accordance with EC 3 (external)
Aluminium Structures in accordance with EC9 (external)
Advanced Transient Structural Behaviour
Structural Dynamics/Fatigue Strength/Fracture Mechanics (external)
External seminars and lectures on:
- Aluminium construction
- Structural dynamics
- Fracture mechanics

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Mittweida University of Applied Sciences is a forward-looking, cosmopolitan institution. Its teaching and research programmes are carried out through regional and national partnerships, as well as in collaboration with small and medium-sized enterprises in Saxony.

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The Mittweida University of Applied Sciences Students’ Council has a vacancy in the Events Department, to start on 1 October 2026.

Changing life circumstances

Collaboration between the university and the district administration: Ongoing social reporting highlights developments and supports the shaping of the future of social services.

Institutes

The research facilities and institutes at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences facilitate the transfer of knowledge and practical expertise.

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Projects and Publications

Book:
Torsten Laufs, Christina Radlbeck
, *Practical Aluminium Construction in accordance with Eurocode 9
: Calculation and Design*
, 2nd edition (2020)

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