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Vierendeel [Meunier], (Jules-)Arthur
(b Leuven, 10 April 1852; d Ukkel, 8 Nov 1940). Belgian engineer and writer. In 1874 he obtained a diploma in engineering from the Ecoles Spéciales de Génie Civil, des Arts et Manufactures et des Mines of the Catholic University of Leuven. From 1876 to 1885 he was employed by the steel manufacturers Ateliers de La Louvière. In 1885 he was appointed Chief Engineer and Director of Technical Services of the province of West Flanders. From 1889 to 1935 he taught at the Ecoles Spéciales in Leuven. His Cours de stabilité des constructions (1889) was a major reference in construction technology for almost half a century. In 1896 he received the Prix du Roi for his Construction architecturale en fer, fonte et acier (published in instalments between 1897 and 1902). In 1896 he developed a girder with upper and lower beams and rigidly connected vertical members, not braced by diagonal members. The Vierendeel girder was successfully applied in bridge construction (see BRIDGE, §2(iii)). The first Vierendeel bridge was built of steel, over the River Leie in Avelgem in 1902 (see IRON AND STEEL, §§I and II, 1).
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