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Eduardo Torroja
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“[El Instituto Técnico de la Construcción y del Cemento] had shown that it is possible in Spain to create organizations in which there exists a perfect harmony between different professions, between those above and those below; organizations in which everyone is able to live a life of high human rank, as gentlemen, a life of mutual respect and help and of maximum personal dignity.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Francisco Arredondo Verdú, La obra de Eduardo Torroja (1977) pp. 50-51, as quoted by Lino Camprubí, Engineers and the Making of the Francoist Regime (2014) p. 181.
“The technical literature on structural engineering abounds with theoretical works of a mathematical nature, but few publications are concerned with the various kinds of structures or the fundamental reasons for their existence.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Structural design is... very much concerned with art, common sense, sentiment, aptitude, and enjoyment of the task of creating opportune outlines to which scientific calculations will add finishing touches, substantiating that the structure is sound and strong...”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mathematics is merely a convenient tool by which the designer determines the physical proportions and details of a planned structure in order to transform his ideas... to the actuality of a finished structure.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Before a man can successfully plan a structure... he must study, from every possible angle, the ultimate purpose of his building. Attention must be directed to the basic structural concept before the mathematical process of calculation is undertaken.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[E]very structure has a resistant function to fulfill... to ensure ...the static equilibrium of the structure for a long period of time.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[M]aterials should resist mechanical forces and other effects... starting with all types of loading and external forces... and with the mechanical properties of the materials... constitutes the part given most emphasis in technical books and schools.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stone can effectively resist compression but is relatively weak in tension. Because of its mass and weight it may be used advantageously in structural types that can be made stable by the proper weight (dead load, gravity) and are but slightly exposed to lateral forces.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Construction methods are... variable for each specific material.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One should become so familiar with the structure as to have the feeling of being, in full vitality and sentiment, part of it and of all its elements. ...it is necessary to achieve a sincere Einfühlung [empathy] of the process of resistence... through the deformation that is always essentially united with the process of stressing. ...[T]he comprehension of a structure requires intuitive knowledge of the ethology of its resistance and of its constituent materials.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Long before... our techniques of today, men could conceive and build structures adapted to the requirements of resistance... because he had observed... the branches of a tree bending under the weight of fruits and the tensioned cords of strings in which children have rocked from time immemorial...”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[T]here are three different but interconnected conceptions to be considered in every structure, and in every structural element involved: equilibrium, resistance, and stability.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Equilibrium requires that the whole of the structure, the form of its elements, and the means of interconnection be so combined that at the supports there will automatically be produced passive forces or reactions that are able to balance the forces acting upon the structures, including the force of its own weight.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The equilibrium... in order to become static—should be steady, permanent, lasting. ...This type of equilibrium... is... independent of any scale. A reduced model will show the same effects as the proper structure. Experiments on models are simple and... instrumental for understanding such structural problems.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The material in all elementary parts of a structure must have the properties of resistence to all internal forces produced by general loading conditions and by the action of any exterior force.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[S]tresses in one direction produce not only a deformation along this direction but also transversally, the relation of both being expressed by the so-called Poisson ratio. However, the consideration... is of no great importance for the first, approximate judgement.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stress phenomena are... not independent of scale, as was the case pertaining to simple external static equilibrium. ...with increasing dimensions of a structural element the volume and therefore the proper weight increases more rapidly than its cross-sectional areas...”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[E]xperimental investigation of stresses in a plane structure is of great interest and merit as applied to shells with single curvature (barrel shells, pipes) and to shells with double curvature (domes, etc.). In these structures similar states of stress are produced and can be determined at any point as acting in a plane tangential to the center layer of the shell.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[M]ost of our structures in the past consisted of individual members having relatively small transverse dimensions as compared with their length, and in such members stress analysis is much more simple. ...[M]any modern structures consist of frameworks of this type, and frequently the word "structure" refers specifically to assemblies consisting of linear elements.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even children know that drafting rule is easier to bend flat than across the edges; and... they will not be much surprised if told that for the same width of the rule its resistance is proportional to the square of the thickness and the deflection is inversely proportional to the cube of the thickness. Nevertheless some modern designers seem to be unaware... since they require... beams of such slenderness that they resemble springboards...”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you lean on a straight stick... [it] can resist your weight, despite its slenderness, as long as it remains straight; once it starts to bend, it will easily break. The danger of breaking increases with the deflection... [T]he danger of failure will diminish with the increased of the cross section, or if the same are of cross section should be maintained, by distributing the material in a hollow section.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In general, these phenomena are very easy to perceive and understand, but difficult to calculate. The danger of failure increases rapidly with decreasing depth or thickness of the structural member...”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[C]onsider the danger of bulging and... counteract it by providing adequate anchorage, thus shortening the free length of the member and reducing its relative slenderness.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bricks are considered to be the first material created by human intelligence from the four elements: earth, air, water, and fire. ...The great variety of designs and effects that artists of the past, especially the Arabs... were able to create in their brickwork, assembled with an element so monotonous... can be compared only with the beauty and attractiveness a romantic poet attained by adjusting his verses to the rigidity of a formal meter.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Adobe (sun-dried clay bricks) is a material usable in regions where sandy clays suitable for fabrication are found. Adobe masonry, is, however, useful only for walls and structural elements subjected to lower values of tension and compression, and is, therefore, of little interest as a structural material.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The variety of exterior forms in concrete is limited only by the cost of forming; and its thickness is limited only by the size of aggregates, gravel, and sand.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Concrete presents, besides a coefficient of , a coefficient of hygroscopic dilation which is more appreciable. While concrete is kept wet... it expands; and as it dries, it contracts, in inverse proportion to the hygroscopic degree of the ambient air. ...The shrinkage ...will vary with the porosity of the concrete and with the thickness used in the structural member. ...Shrinkage is much greater in structures consisting of thin elements subjected to intemperateness of dry climate, and disappears or becomes negligible in underground structures (e.g., foundations).”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Lightweight concrete obtained with special admixtures producing bubbles throughout the mass shows lower resistance, which makes it less suitable for structural purposes; its practical application is limited to smaller structural elements adequately reinforced in which thermal insulation is required.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thin-shell structure”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Clay masonry, like concrete, is a "plastic" material that permits the pouring in situ of large monoliths of any shape or form, with certain limitations and by using special methods. Its economical possibilities when used in walls of popular housing, its excellent heat and sound insulation, as well as its aesthetic possibilities, should not be underestimated. Its resistance and durability can be substantially improved by using modern techniques and methods, for example, admixture of small amounts of Portland cement in accordance with granulometric investigation, petrographic composition, and rheological behaviour of all constituents.”
Eduardo Torroja (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source