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View article: Reinforced Concrete in Italy
Reinforced Concrete in Italy Open
How did reinforced concrete begin to spread in Italy at the end of the 19th century? To what extent was this new technique imported from abroad? And how did foreign systems set off its autochthonous development? What role did the post-eart…
View article: Claudio Marcello and his dam
Claudio Marcello and his dam Open
The paper explains the role of Claudio Marcello (1901–69) in the history of Italian structural engineering, and in particular his contribution to the language of "Italian Style" dams. Marcello designed about 40 dams, in the Alps, Sicily, S…
View article: Problems of sources and bridges
Problems of sources and bridges Open
Where does the history of structural engineering fit into the great fresco of historiography? Who is the good historian of structures? What are that historian's sources? Are those sources "honest"? The collapse of the bridge over the Polce…
View article: L’Autostrada del Sole e la Scuola italiana di ingegneria
L’Autostrada del Sole e la Scuola italiana di ingegneria Open
The Autostrada del Sole, with its high number of bridges and viaducts, gathered the several personalities of the Italian School of Engineering. Prestressed concrete bridges mainly crossed the rivers of the valley of the Po; wide reinforced…