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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Alexander „Alex“ Coull</b> (* <a href="20._Juni" title="20. Juni">20. Juni</a> <a href="1931" title="1931">1931</a> in <a href="Peterhead" title="Peterhead">Peterhead</a>) war ein schottischer Bauingenieur.<sup id="cite_ref-UoG01_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UoG01-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coull lehrte an der <a href="University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a> von 1977 bis 1992 als <a href="Regius_Professor_of_Civil_Engineering_and_Mechanics_(Glasgow)" title="Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics (Glasgow)">Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UoG01_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UoG01-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben">Leben</h2></div>
<p>Coull wurde als Sohn von Jane Ritchie Reid und William Coull in Peterhead, nördlich von Aberdeen geboren.<sup id="cite_ref-Prabook_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prabook-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nach seiner Schulzeit besuchte Coull die <a href="University_of_Aberdeen" title="University of Aberdeen">University of Aberdeen</a>, studierte <a href="Ingenieurwissenschaften" title="Ingenieurwissenschaften">Ingenieurwissenschaften</a> und schloss 1953 mit <a href="Bachelor" title="Bachelor">B.Sc.</a> ab.<sup id="cite_ref-UoG01_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UoG01-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Von 1955 bis 1957 arbeitete er als Bauingenieur für die English Electric Company in Warton, England.<sup id="cite_ref-Prabook_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prabook-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1957 kehrte er als Dozent nach Aberdeen zurück.<sup id="cite_ref-UoG01_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UoG01-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Prabook_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prabook-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1961 wurde er promoviert (Ph.D.) und wechselte im darauffolgenden Jahr an die <a href="University_of_Southampton" title="University of Southampton">University of Southampton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UoG01_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UoG01-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GraceCoull_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GraceCoull-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Prabook_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prabook-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1966 wechselte er mit einer Professur an die <a href="University_of_Strathclyde" title="University of Strathclyde">University of Strathclyde</a>, wo er Bauingenieurwesen lehrte.<sup id="cite_ref-UoG01_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UoG01-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GraceCoull_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GraceCoull-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Prabook_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prabook-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>1977 wurde Coull als Nachfolger von <a href="William_Thomas_Marshall" title="William Thomas Marshall">William Thomas Marshall</a> zum Regius Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering an der University of Glasgow berufen.<sup id="cite_ref-LGaz19971-1445_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LGaz19971-1445-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Prabook_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prabook-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Von 1981 bis 84 leitete er die ingenieurwissenschaftliche Abteilung in Glasgow als <a href="Dekan_(Hochschule)" title="Dekan (Hochschule)">Dekan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Prabook_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prabook-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er blieb in Glasgow, bis er sich 1992 in den Ruhestand zurückzog.
</p><p>Die <a href="American_Society_of_Civil_Engineers" title="American Society of Civil Engineers">American Society of Civil Engineers</a> berief Coull zum Fellow. 1969 wurde er mit der <a href="Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">Medal of the Royal Victorian Order</a> in Silber ausgezeichnet.<sup id="cite_ref-LGaz44863-5964-Sup_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LGaz44863-5964-Sup-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1971 wählte die <a href="Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh" title="Royal Society of Edinburgh">Royal Society of Edinburgh</a> Coull zum Fellow.<sup id="cite_ref-RSE-01_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSE-01-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Coull befasste sich überwiegend mit dem Verhalten von Gebäudestrukturen wie Brücken oder Hochhäuser.<sup id="cite_ref-UoG01_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UoG01-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sein gemeinsam mit Bryan Stafford Smith verfasstes Werk <i>Tall Building Structures: Analysis and Design</i> erreichte von 1991 bis 2000 zehn Auflagen.
</p><p>1962 heiratete Coull Frances Bruce Moir.<sup id="cite_ref-Prabook_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prabook-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aus der Ehe gingen drei Kinder hervor, Alison, Gavin und Moyra.<sup id="cite_ref-Prabook_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prabook-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artikel">Artikel</h3></div>
<ul><li>1964: <i>Direct Stress Analysis of Orthotropic Bridge Slabs</i></li>
<li>1966: <i>Stress Analysis of Cantilevered Bridge Slabs</i></li>
<li>1966: <i>Discussion of “Behavior of Square Infilled Frames”</i></li>
<li>1982: <i>Closure to “Simplified Analysis of Bundled‐Tube Structures”</i>; Alex Coull, Bishwanath Bose, and Abdulla K. Ahmed (May, 1982)</li>
<li>1968: <i>Analysis of Pierced Shear Walls</i></li>
<li>1971: <i>Framed-Tube Structures for High-Rise Buildings</i></li>
<li>1973: <i>Torsion Analysis of Symmetric Building Structures</i></li>
<li>1975: <i>Simplified Analysis of Frame-Tube Structures</i></li>
<li>1977: <i>Closure to “Simplified Analysis of Frame-Tube Structures”</i></li>
<li>1978: <i>Closure to “Elastoplastic Analysis of Coupled Shear Walls”</i></li>
<li>1980: <i>Effect of Openings on Lateral Buckling of Beams</i></li>
<li>1983: <i>Design of Floor Slabs Coupling Shear Walls</i></li>
<li>1984: <i>Stresses in Slabs Coupling Flanged Shear Walls</i></li>
<li>1984: <i>Coupling Action of Slabs in Hull‐Core Structures</i></li>
<li>1989: <i>Multi Outrigger Braced Structures</i>, Alex Coull und Otto Lau im Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 115, No. 7, 1989</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bücher"><span id="B.C3.BCcher"></span>Bücher</h3></div>
<ul><li>1991: <i>Tall Building Structures: Analysis and Design</i>; mit Bryan Stafford Smith</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-UoG01-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-UoG01_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-UoG01_1-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-UoG01_1-2">c</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-UoG01_1-3">d</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-UoG01_1-4">e</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-UoG01_1-5">f</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-UoG01_1-6">g</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">
<span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2195&amp;type=P"><i>Alexander Coull.</i></a> In: <i>Webseite der University of Glasgow.</i> 5.&nbsp;August 2008,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 25.&nbsp;August 2021</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+Coull&amp;rft.title=Alexander+Coull&amp;rft.description=Alexander+Coull&amp;rft.identifier=&amp;rft.date=2008-08-05&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Prabook-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prabook_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prabook_2-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prabook_2-2">c</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prabook_2-3">d</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prabook_2-4">e</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prabook_2-5">f</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prabook_2-6">g</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prabook_2-7">h</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Prabook_2-8">i</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">
<span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://prabook.com/web/alexander.coull/550442"><i>Alexander Coull.</i></a> civil engineer. In: <i>Prabook.com.</i><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 25.&nbsp;August 2021</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+Coull&amp;rft.title=Alexander+Coull&amp;rft.description=Alexander+Coull&amp;rft.identifier=&amp;rft.date=&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-GraceCoull-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-GraceCoull_3-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-GraceCoull_3-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">
<span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/A._Coull"><i>A. Coull.</i></a> Grace's Guide to British Industrial History; Registered Charity No. 1154342,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 22.&nbsp;September 2021</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+Coull&amp;rft.title=A.+Coull&amp;rft.description=A.+Coull&amp;rft.identifier=&amp;rft.publisher=Grace%27s+Guide+to+British+Industrial+History%3B+Registered+Charity+No.+1154342&amp;rft.date=&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/19971/page/1445"><i>Scottish Education Department.</i></a> (PDF) In: <i>The London Gazett; Official Public Record.</i><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 22.&nbsp;September 2021</span> (englisch, Mitteilung der Ernennung von Alexander Coull zum Regius Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+Coull&amp;rft.title=Scottish+Education+Department&amp;rft.description=Scottish+Education+Department&amp;rft.identifier=&amp;rft.date=&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44863/supplement/5964/data.pdf"><i>Royal Victorian Medal (Silver).</i></a> (en) In: <i>The London Gazette - Official Public Record.</i> 14.&nbsp;Juni 1969,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 22.&nbsp;September 2021</span> (Mitteilung der Auszeichnung von Alexander Coull mit der Royal Victorian Medal in Silber).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+Coull&amp;rft.title=Royal+Victorian+Medal+%28Silver%29&amp;rft.description=Royal+Victorian+Medal+%28Silver%29&amp;rft.identifier=&amp;rft.date=1969-06-14">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/fellows_disciplines.pdf"><i>RSE Fellows ordered by Academic Discipline.</i></a> (PDF) as at 15/04/2014. In: <i>Dokument der Royal Society of Edinburgh.</i> Royal Society of Edinburgh, 15.&nbsp;April 2014, <span style="white-space:nowrap;">S. 35 von 65</span>,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 22.&nbsp;September 2021</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+Coull&amp;rft.title=RSE+Fellows+ordered+by+Academic+Discipline&amp;rft.description=RSE+Fellows+ordered+by+Academic+Discipline&amp;rft.identifier=&amp;rft.publisher=Royal+Society+of+Edinburgh&amp;rft.date=2014-04-15&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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