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Biographical Information

Name: Camillo Guidi
Born on 24 July 1853 in , Roma, Lazio, Italy, Europe
Deceased on 30 October 1941 in , Roma, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Short biography of Camillo Guidi

He completed studies in engineering sciences at the School of Engineering in Rome in 1853. By 1882 he had become visiting professor of graphical statics at the Politecnico di Torino and from 1887 to 1928 held the chair of graphical statics and engineering sciences at the same establishment. In addition, from 1893 onwards he was also responsible for the theory of bridgebuilding and served as director of the materials testing unit at the Politecnico di Torino. Guidi established the theory of the elastic arched beam in massive structures and was principally responsible for developing reinforced concrete design theory in Italy. His lectures on engineering sciences (Lezioni sulla scienza delle costruzioni) were collected together in five volumes and passed through numerous editions; these exerted a permanent influence on structural engineering in Italy from the classical phase to the end of the consolidation period of structural theory. Guidi’s work can be compared with that of Mörsch.

Main contributions to structural analysis:

Sugli archi elastici [1883]; Sulla curva delle pressioni negli archi e nelle volte [1885]; L’arco elastico [1888]; Lezioni sulla scienza delle costruzioni, Parte III, Elementi delle costruzioni, Statica delle costruzioni civili [1896]; L’arco elastico senza cerniere [1903]; Lezioni sulla scienza delle costruzioni, Parte IV, Teoria die ponti [1905]; Influenza della temperatura sulle costruzioni murarie [1906]; Lezioni sulla scienza delle costruzioni, Parte I, Nozioni di statica grafica [1933]; Lezioni sulla scienza delle costruzioni, Parte II, Teoria dell’elasticità e resistenza die materiali [1934/1]; Lezioni sulla scienza delle costruzioni, Parte III, Elementi delle costruzioni, statica delle costruzioni civili [1934/2]; Lezioni sulla scienza delle costruzioni, Appendice: Le costruzioni in beton armato [1935]; Lezioni sulla scienza delle costruzioni, Parte IV, Teoria die ponti [1938] 

Source: Kurrer, Karl-Eugen The History of the Theory of Structures, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Deutschland), ISBN 3-433-01838-3, 2008; p. 734/735

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