- Josef Melan
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name = Josef Melan
nationality = Austrian
birth_date = 1854
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death_date = 1941
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significant_projects =Dragon Bridge
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significant_awards =Josef Melan (1854-1941) was an
Austrian engineer.cite book
author= David P. Billington
title= The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering
publisher= Princeton University Press
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year= 1985
pages= p136
isbn= 069102393X
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doi=] [ [http://www.ljubljana.si/en/sights/ljubljanica_bridges/dragon_bridge/default.html Dragon Bridge] ] [http://www.ole.dot.state.ia.us/historicbridge/detail.asp?id=134 Melan Arch bridge] ] He is regarded as one of the most important pioneers ofreinforced concrete bridge-building at the end of the 19th century.cite book
author= C Abdunur
title= ARCH'01: Troisième conferénce internationale sur les ponts en arc
publisher= Presses des Ponts
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year= 2001
pages= p124
isbn= 2859783474
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doi=] Josef Melan is credited as the inventor of the "Melan System", a method for the construction of reinforced bridges. "Melan System" was different from reinforced bridges built, because Melan did not build iron bars into the reinforced concrete bridge structure, but used rigid truss arches made of iron. Melan became famous in 1898 when he built after building a 42.4 m bridge with a very shallow arch inSteyr At that time, this was the largest reinforced concrete bridge in the world. He also built theDragon Bridge inLjubljana .References
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