Eduardo Torroja and his use of models from 1939 / Joaquín Antuña
| Signatura | Copia | Colección |
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| 13219 | Capítulo en monografía |
Eduardo Torroja was appointed as director of Laboratorio Central de Ensayo de Materiales de Construcción in Madrid 1940 and immediately made plans for a department dedicated to the use of reduced models to assist with the design of major engineering projects. This involved not only a new laboratory, but also new types of staff, trained specifically in the art of model‐making and testing. As well as conventional structural models of thin concrete shells and folded plates, a large number of projects involved studies using photoelastic stress analysis. The laboratory experimented with many new materials, in addition to the normal reinforced gypsum and ‘micro‐concrete’, from which to make models that better replicated different aspects of the behaviour of full‐scale reinforced concrete. These included Litargel (a mixture of lead monoxide, gelatine, glycerine and water) and Plexiglas.
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| Fundación Juanelo Turriano | 13219 |
Eduardo Torroja was appointed as director of Laboratorio Central de Ensayo de Materiales de Construcción in Madrid 1940 and immediately made plans for a department dedicated to the use of reduced models to assist with the design of major engineering projects. This involved not only a new laboratory, but also new types of staff, trained specifically in the art of model‐making and testing. As well as conventional structural models of thin concrete shells and folded plates, a large number of projects involved studies using photoelastic stress analysis. The laboratory experimented with many new materials, in addition to the normal reinforced gypsum and ‘micro‐concrete’, from which to make models that better replicated different aspects of the behaviour of full‐scale reinforced concrete. These included Litargel (a mixture of lead monoxide, gelatine, glycerine and water) and Plexiglas.
