A lecture given by Henry Bardsley at the ESTP in 2010

1. Engineering, a common culture
Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics, du Bâtiment 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 society’s 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
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Assembly of Centre Pompidou
Introduction

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Resistance
South glass facade at La Villette

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Acceleration
Glass Atrium of the LTIB, Tokyo

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Deformation
Glass skin of Roissy module

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Deformation
Glass skin of Lille train station

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Position
Tensioned simulation of the Louvre Pyramide

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Release
Release of rotation in the double cross of the Inverted Pyramid

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Compatibility
Inset corners of the C-Cevennes Park, Paris.

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Position
Tension Field of the Cloud at La Défence

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PTFE roof to Château de Falaise
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Position
Funicular of the cast dome at La Défence

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Sensation

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Alignement of Rocking arms at Roissy
Strain

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Titanium Sun Shades
El Pardo Palace

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Mobile works
Winners Podium, France

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Mobile works Equipment summer opera, Savonlinna

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Tension field of the hanging glass at avenue Montaigne

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Compatibility
Glass cylindrical shell on cable support, Channel 4, London

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Damping Delivery of Hign steel cantilever,
Notre Dame de Pentecote, La Defence

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Damping
Installation of Hign steel cantilever, Notre Dame de Pentecote, La Defence

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Transformation
Changing width & height of the Nanterre viaduct

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Changing width & height of the Nanterre viaduct
Transformation

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Strain

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Strain
Luxembourg Contempory Arts Center

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Surface Analysis of the central tower of Center of Contemporary Art, Luxembourg

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Position
Balanced tensions of Fingal City Hall

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Uninterrupted horizon between bands at Fingal City Hall
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Hanging toughened glass & oak spars at Fingale City Hall
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Alignement of the spars of Fingal City Hall

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Velocity
Models of the crossing of the Rhone at Avignon

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Velocity
Voussoir of the crossing of the Rhone at Avignon

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Velocity
Alignement of the crossing of the Rhone

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85. AWD Arena, Hanover
Erection of the Inner Ring
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Wind tunnel test results - transcription to loading patterns
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+0,20 kN/m²
+0,40 kN/m²
+1,81 kN/m²
+1,61 kN/m²
+1,41 kN/m²
+1,20 kN/m²
+1,00 kN/m²
+0,80 kN/m²
+0,60 kN/m²
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-1,87 kN/m²
-0,27 kN/m²
-0,49 kN/m²
-0,73 kN/m²
-0,96 kN/m²
-1,19 kN/m²
-1,41 kN/m²
-1,64 kN/m²
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unsteady repartition of pressure and suction peaks
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Geometrical studies on a physical model
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Movement of Miami Sculpture under
Hurricane Load

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Deformation
Deformed polester glass ribbons, Washington piece

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Deformation
Deformed polester glass ribbons, Washington piece

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Surface
Analysis of the 1 3 lattice shell, Neumunster Abbey, Luxembourg

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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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161. Promenade : view from Thu Thiêm
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