Brief Review of the Scientific Work of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans W. Reinhardt

The contributions in this book are dedicated to the person and work of Hans-Wolf Reinhardt. Consequently, this paper describes stages of his scientific work, which is related to a variety of different fields in Civil Engineering such as construction materials, fracture mechanics and non-destructive testing. He investigated an amazing variety of different materials and material compositions including concrete (SFRC, HPC, SCC), wood and aluminum. His impressive vita comprises tenures at the University of Delft, the University of Darmstadt and the University of Stuttgart. The following chapters is an overview of the many contributions to our science that Prof. Reinhardt gave. The brief descriptions are certainly neither complete nor in the only possible order. The order chosen is merely based on the sequence of events during his scientific work at different institutions. One can imagine how he was influenced by the collaborators and scientific environment. However, many of the contributions in the following chapters of this book are directly related to his work summarized in this paper. It is also necessary to mention that he is still active with several scientific projects — he will continue to contribute with new research results.