“[M]aterials should resist mechanical forces and other effects… starting with all types of loading and external forces… and with the mechanical properties of the materials… constitutes the part given most emphasis in technical books and schools.”

— Eduardo Torroja

p, 125
Philosophy of Structures (1958)

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