Victor Contamin was a French structural engineer, an expert on the strength of materials such as iron and steel.
12 Facts About Victor Contamin
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Victor Contamin is known for the Galerie des machines of the Exposition Universelle in Paris.
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Victor Contamin was admitted to the Ecole centrale des arts et manufactures in Paris in 1857, and graduated in second place in 1860.
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Victor Contamin was successively promoted to Inspector, Engineer, and Chief Engineer.
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Victor Contamin taught the course on Applied Mechanics at the Ecole centrale from 1865 to 1873, and then held the chair of Applied Resistance until 1891.
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In 1874, Victor Contamin published a textbook entitled Cours de resistance appliquee.
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Victor Contamin was to study all plans and projects in terms of the strength requirements for the buildings.
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Victor Contamin was responsible for checking receipt of materials, strength testing, and monitoring the erection of iron structures.
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Victor Contamin was one of the pioneers of the use of reinforced concrete.
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Victor Contamin worked with Anatole de Baudot on a design for the Saint-Jean-de-Montmartre church, Paris, that used this material, built between 1894 and 1897.
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Victor Contamin worked with the architect Ferdinand Dutert on the design of the Galerie des Machines for the 1889 exposition.
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Victor Contamin was responsible for the technical design of the Galerie des Machines, including calculations to ensure the structural integrity of the immense arches.