The document discusses various engineering projects involving structures made of glass. It provides details on the design and construction of several landmark buildings and bridges. It examines how glass was used innovatively in things like facades, atriums, train stations, and other architectural elements. The document also explores challenges with using glass, such as deformation, resistance, and positioning of glass structures.
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Paris, ESTP, Engineering
1. Engineering, a common culture
Ecole Sp辿ciale des Travaux Publics, du B但timent et de l'Industrie
Institution of Civil Engineers
10 February 2011
Paris 75005
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The engineering that our generations share is a common good.
Using our ingenuity to interpret new situations.
Sharing our experiences by writing
Building teams, projects and moving on, developing new techniques
Communicating using common units, models, codes, values.
Concerting dispersed teams with varied experience.
Describing societys priorities with numbers and equations, before rhetoric
and adjectives.
Revive the relationship between the harmony of mathematics and the senses
of 26 century ago.
Tetralogue between drawing, mathematical models, physical models and
manufacture.
160. 1 Foundation works
2 Erection of the mast
3 Erection of the stabilisation cables of the mast
4 Fixation of 3rd temporary cable + prestressing of the stabilisation cables
5 Erection of catenary cables + lifting of deck segments
6 Completion of secondary structures + opening to public
Structural Concept : erection sequence
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