Francois Hennebique
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Francois Hennebique (April 26, 1842 – March, 1921) was a french engineer and self-educated builder who patented his pioneering reinforced-concrete construction system in 1892. Before his work, the greatest problem in reinforced concrete construction was the monolithic joint, meaning the integration of separate members of construction, such as the column and the beam, into a single monolithic element. The Hennebique system was essentially the first appearance of the modern reinforced-concrete method of construction.
[edit] External links and sources
- Francois Hennebique at Structurae(en)
- CIVL 1101 - History of Concrete Construction - Course material at University of Memphis
- Information on the S.S. Francois Hennebique, a concrete ship built during WWII.
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