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Swiss Civil Engineers: Othmar Ammann, Robert Maillart, Christian Menn, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Louis Favre, Antonio Da Ponte

Swiss Civil Engineers: Othmar Ammann, Robert Maillart, Christian Menn, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Louis Favre, Antonio Da Ponte


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Chapters: Othmar Ammann, Robert Maillart, Christian Menn, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Louis Favre, Antonio Da Ponte. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert Maillart (February 6, 1872 - April 5, 1940) was a Swiss civil engineer who revolutionized reinforced concrete with such designs as the three-hinged arch, the deck-stiffened arch, and the mushroom slab. Maillart attended the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Maillart did not excel in academic theories, but understood the necessity to make assumptions and visualize when analyzing a structure. A customary train of thought prior to the 1900s was to utilize shapes that could be analyzed easily using mathematics. This overuse of mathematics annoyed Maillart, as he greatly preferred to stand back and use common sense to predict full-scale performance. Also, as he rarely tested his bridges prior to construction, only upon completion would he verify the bridge was adequate. The testing of Maillart's designs was often performed by Maillart himself. This attitude towards bridge design and construction was what provided him with his innovative designs. A major challenge Maillart had to overcome was the Communist Revolution in Russia. Just before the revolution, Czarist Russia had begun to industrialize. Maillart's firm prospered by working on large projects there. However, Maillart was unaware of the start of World War I and was stuck along with his family there. In 1916 his wife died and the Communist Revolution caused him to lose his entire fortune. Maillart and his three children returned to Switzerland as refugees. They were penniless, but happy to be alive. The first use of concrete as a major bridge construction material was in 1856. It was used to form a multiple-arch structure on the Grand...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=343039


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156870945
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 59 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156870941
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Othmar Ammann, Robert Maillart, Christian Menn, Guillaume Henri Dufour, Louis Favre, Antonio Da Ponte
  • Width: 229 mm


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