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Jean COURBON: Honorary General Engineer of Ponts et Chaussées - Honorary Professor at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées - As Mr COURBON passed away before printing, this form was finalized.
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Jean-Noël THEILLOUT: Engineer at the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Structural Functioning Section
INTRODUCTION
This article describes the geometrical and then the mechanical strength characteristics of the usual cross-sections of parts, based on basic assumptions.
The mechanical strength characteristics of circular rings or arcs are the subject of a second article. .
Articles in the treatise Structure et gros œuvre are also devoted to the strength of materials in beam structures, which are found in almost all civil engineering structures.
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