Eugene freyssinet a revolution in the art of construction version anglaise

Association Eugène Freyssinet - Collection Conception et calcul des structures de bâtiment

196 pages, parution le 09/12/2004

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Unassuming inventor, audacious builder, his extraordinary intuition regarding the behaviour of concrete, recently confirmed by the fine analysis of micromechanics has made Eugène Freyssinet one of the engineers who have most profoundly marked the construction world over the entire XX^th century.

In the earlier part of his career, he drove concrete to the limits of its strength in the arches of bridges, which broke record after record. Then, having found how to free himself from the deficiencies of concrete as a material, he invented prestressing which transformed it into that "new material" which "revolutionised the art of construction". The technique of prestressed concrete has conquered the world and has outlived its inventor, but has covered up the name of the man, his convictions, and his message.

To make him known through his works (numerous) and his writings (rare), such is the aim of this book. The reader will discover numerous examples of structures that illustrate both the extraordinary potential of concrete as a material and how the concept of prestressing has helped it to supplant steel, particularly in civil engineering structures. Yet, one will also find a man who was conscious of the social role of the engineer, sometimes waxing lyrical when contemplating a well-finished structure and forever imbued with a code of ethics which is perhaps his finest message for future generations.

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Preface
Odyssey into concrete, 1905 - 1928
I was born a builder
Substituting concrete for steel
Pushing back the bounds of concrete
Simplifying structural construction
The revolution of prestressing, 1928
An eternal problem: the weakness of the lintel
The invention of prestressing - a slowly maturing process
A little technique to understand prestressing
Earliest structures in prestressed concrete. New inventions, 1928 - 1943
Forclum electricity poles, 1929 - 1933
Destiny : the maritime station of Le Havre, 1934
The water pipelines at oued Fodda, Algeria, 1936
Two dams in Algeria : Fortes de fer and Beni Badhel, 1937 - 1941
The anchorage cone and the tensioning jack, 1939
The Luzancy bridge, 1941 - 1946
Prestressing - a world-wide winner, 1943 - 2004
The work of Eugene Freyssinet and his disciples, 1943 - 1962
The work of Eugene Freyssinet's successors, 1962 - 2004
Eugene Freyssinet's message
The spiritual heritage of Eugene Freyssinet
Structure and work of art
Eugene Freyssinet and the structures of the future
Epilogue
Appendix 1 : Salvaging of the Europe N°l Radio broadcasting building
Appendix 2 : Cement and concrete
Appendix 3 : The major structures which marked the career of Eugene Freyssinet
Appendix 4 : The art of building in concrete

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
Auteur(s)	Association Eugène Freyssinet
Collection	Conception et calcul des structures de bâtiment
Parution	09/12/2004
Nb. de pages	196
Format	24.4 x 36.9
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1679g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9782859783945
ISBN13	978-2-85978-394-5