Contact info
LGC – BATir, École polytechnique de Bruxelles, Université libre de Bruxelles
Structural Engineer, Collaborator
Avenue F.D Roosevelt 50, CP 194/02, B-1050 Brussels (post address) armande_hellebois@yahoo.fr
Research interest
History of Construction in Belgium (19th-20th centuries), history of concrete structures and construction materials, biographies of engineers.
Current and past research projects in the field of Construction History
Valorisation of the archives of the contractor Blaton (Brussels): archival research and publication. AAM project 2014-2016, with prof. B. Espion (ULB), prof. M. Provost (ULB), prof. R. Devos (ULB) and dr. ir. A. Hellebois.
‘Theoretical and experimental studies on early reinforced concrete structures: contribution to the analysis of the bearing capacity of the Hennebique system’, Bruxelles: Université libre de Bruxelles, PhD thesis, FRS-FNRS research fellows, 2009-2013.
Representative publications in the field of Construction History
Hellebois, A. and Espion, B., ‘Paul Christophe (1870-1957), une active contribution scientifique à la diffusion du béton armé au tournant du XXème siècle’, (eds) Fleury, F., Baridon, L., Mastrorilli, A., Mouterde, R. and Reveyron, N., ‘Les temps de la construction. Processus, acteurs, matériaux’, 2016, pp. 871-882.
Hellebois, A. and Espion, B., ‘Tests up to failure of a typical RC Hennebique T-beam’, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Structures and buildings, 167, 2, 2014, pp. 81-93.
Hellebois, A., Launoy, A., Pierre, C., De Lanève, M. and Espion, B. ‘100-year-old Hennebique concrete, from composition to performance’, Construction & building materials, 44, 2013, pp. 149-160.
Denoël, J.-F., Espion, B.,Hellebois, A. and Provost, M. (eds), ‘Histoires de Béton Armé. Patrimoine, Durabilité et Innovations’, Bruxelles: FEBELCEM et FABI, 2013.
Hellebois, A. and Espion, B., ‘Domination of commercial patents in the evolution of early reinforced concrete: Case-study of the region of Brussels’, Advanced materials research, 133-134, 2010, pp. 119-124.
