Fabrizio de Miranda

Fabrizio de Miranda
Born (1926-10-30)October 30, 1926
Naples, Italy
Died January 21, 2015(2015-01-21) (aged 88)
Milan, Italy
Nationality Italian
Education University of Naples

Engineering career

Engineering discipline Structural engineer
Institution memberships Professor at Politecnico di Milano from 1965 until 1996 and member of Italian College of the Technicians of the steel (CTA) (President from 1970 until 1972).
Practice name Studio De Miranda Associati - Milan (Italy)
Significant projects Zarate-Brazo Largo Bridge - Indiano Bridge - Rande Bridge
Significant design Cable stayed bridge across Strait of Messina - ex aequo first prize at international design competition (1969). Spans: 200+225+540+1300+540+225+200 m.
Significant awards 1978 European awards ECCS-CECM-EKS for the Indiano Bridge (Italy) - 1979 European awards ECCS-CECM-EKS for Rande Bridge (Spain)
Zarate-Brazo Largo Bridge over the Paranà Guazù and Paranà de las Palmas Rivers in Argentina. They are the two first road and railway long span cable-stayed steel bridges in the world. Spans: 110 m + 330m + 110 m. (1969–1976)
Indiano Bridge across the Arno river near Florence (Italy) (1972-1978). It is the first earth-anchored cable-stayed steel bridge in the world. Span: 206 m
Rande Bridge near Vigo in Spain (1973-1977). It is the highway cable stayed bridge with the longest and slenderest span in the world at the time of construction. Three long spans of 148 m + 400m + 148 m.

Fabrizio de Miranda (October 30, 1926 – January 21, 2015) was an Italian bridges and structural engineer and university professor.

Career

He graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1950 from the University of Naples. Beginning in 1955 he introduced in Italy steel-concrete composite structures, mainly in the field of bridges. He planned the first motorway viaducts with steel structure (Coretta, Macinaie, Poggio Palina) on the Autostrada del Sole in Italy (1959). In 1959, he became managing director of the largest Italian steelwork company, "Costruzioni Metalliche Finsider S.p.A." in Milan, which was under his management until 1967. From 1965 until 1996, he was professor of "Tecnica delle costruzioni" (structural engineering) at Politecnico di Milano. He successfully participated in numerous National and International Design Competitions of bridges including the first prize ex aequo to the International Competition for the Messina Bridge as member of the Lambertini Group (1969). He was among the Founders and then President (in 1970–1973) of the Italian College of the Steel Structures Technicians (CTA). In 1968, he founded a Consulting Engineering Firm specializing in the design of Bridges and Structures. During more than fifty years of professional activity, he designed hundreds of structures and bridges. Notable projects include the elevated highways in Genoa (1963–1965), in Fiorenza-Milan (1961) and in San Lorenzo-Rome (1969–1976), the viaducts and the Indiano Bridge across the Arno river near Florence (1972–1978), all in Italy; the Zarate-Brazo Largo Bridges in Argentina (1969–1976), and the Rande Bridge in Spain (1973–1977). He died in Milan on January 21, 2015.[1]

Publications in English

Bibliography in Italian

References

  1. Comune di Milano (It), Registro dello Stato Civile dell'anno 2015, atto n. 428 parte 2 serie B reg.04

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