The Freyssinet Test Arch (in French Arche d'essai Freyssinet) is a prestressed concrete arch built in 1909 in Moulins, Allier by Eugène Freyssinet. Its purpose was to test the resistance of this material to traction exerted on very flat and long-range arches.
The Freyssinet Test Arch (in French Arche d'essai Freyssinet) is a prestressed concrete arch built in 1909 in Moulins, Allier by Eugène Freyssinet. Its purpose was to test the resistance of this material to traction exerted on very flat and long-range arches.
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