Arthur Casagrande (August 28, 1902–September 6, 1981) was an Austrian-born American civil engineer who made important contributions to the fields of geotechnical engineering during its infancy, and engineering geology.

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  • Arthur Casagrande (August 28, 1902–September 6, 1981) was an Austrian-born American civil engineer who made important contributions to the fields of geotechnical engineering during its infancy, and engineering geology. Renowned for his ingenious designs of soil testing apparatus and fundamental research on seepage and soil liquefaction, he is also credited for developing the soil mechanics teaching programme in Harvard University during the early 1930s that has since been modelled in many universities around the world. Casagrande was born in Haidenschaft, Austria and moved to Trieste after attending his first year in school in Linz. When reaching the age to enter secondary school he entered the Realschule, where students are typically expected to take on an apprenticeship and pursue a technical career upon graduating, a decision that was chiefly influenced by his forebears on his mother’s side coming from mechanical and chemical engineering backgrounds. He graduated from the Technische Hochschule (TH) in Vienna with a civil engineering degree in 1924, after which he carried on working there as a full-time assistant in the hydraulics laboratory. Following the dissolution of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire after World War I, there was little construction work around and work prospect in civil engineering was gloomy. When Casagrande’s father died in 1924, the duty of supporting the financial burden of the entire family, together with a strong desire to engage in major civil engineering projects, prompted him to take the gamble of moving to the United States, a decision that was not supported by his mother and professor. Casagrande stayed in a YMCA hostel for ten days after arriving in New York in 1926, and with little money and not even knowing how to type, he went to New Jersey and worked as a draughtsman for a few months. While visiting the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a job interview, he met Karl Terzaghi who had only just arrived, and was immediately offered the job opportunity to work as his private assistant. From 1926 to 1932, Casagrande worked as a research assistant with the US Bureau of Public Roads, assigned to MIT, where he assisted Terzaghi in his numerous research projects directed towards improving apparatus and techniques for soil testing. When Terzaghi took up a professorship at Vienna in 1929 after a short stint at MIT, Casagrande traveled with him to help him set up the soil mechanics laboratory that would later become one of the most famous research centers in soil mechanics. He also capitalized on the touring opportunity by visiting all soil mechanics laboratories in Europe at the time. When he returned to MIT a few months later, he had gained a thorough knowledge on the state-of-the-art in this field. (en)
  • Arthur Casagrande (* 28. August 1902 in Haidenschaft, damals Österreich, † 6. September 1981 in Boston, USA) war ein österreichisch-amerikanischer Bodenmechaniker, Geotechniker und Bauingenieur. (de)
  • Si trasferì negli Stati Uniti nel 1926 e fu conosciuto come la "mano destra" di Karl von Terzaghi, e fece ricerche che permisero sviluppi fondamentali nel campo della meccanica dei terreni, in particolare nello studio del moto di filtrazione all'interno delle dighe in materiali sciolti (il limite superiore della zona satura all'interno di queste dighe porta proprio il nome di Parabola di Casagrande). Nel 1932, Casagrande ha lanciato il programma di meccanica dei terreni alla Università di Harvard. La "linea A" nel diagramma di plasticità prende il nome da lui. Sua moglia si chiamava Erna e le sue due figlie furono chiamate Vivien e Sandra. Un certo numero di premi sono stati istituiti in suo onore incluso il premio Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award (Premio per lo sviluppo professionale Arthur Casagrande). (it)
  • Arthur Casagrande (Haidenschaft, 28 de Agosto de 1902 — Boston, 6 de Setembro de 1981) foi um engenheiro civil austro-estadunidense, considerado um dos fundadores da engenharia geotécnica. Famoso pelos seus aparelhos para ensaios de solos e pelos seus estudos sobre percolação e liquefação do solo. (pt)
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  • Arthur Casagrande (August 28, 1902–September 6, 1981) was an Austrian-born American civil engineer who made important contributions to the fields of geotechnical engineering during its infancy, and engineering geology. (en)
  • Arthur Casagrande (* 28. August 1902 in Haidenschaft, damals Österreich, † 6. September 1981 in Boston, USA) war ein österreichisch-amerikanischer Bodenmechaniker, Geotechniker und Bauingenieur. (de)
  • Si trasferì negli Stati Uniti nel 1926 e fu conosciuto come la "mano destra" di Karl von Terzaghi, e fece ricerche che permisero sviluppi fondamentali nel campo della meccanica dei terreni, in particolare nello studio del moto di filtrazione all'interno delle dighe in materiali sciolti (il limite superiore della zona satura all'interno di queste dighe porta proprio il nome di Parabola di Casagrande). (it)
  • Arthur Casagrande (Haidenschaft, 28 de Agosto de 1902 — Boston, 6 de Setembro de 1981) foi um engenheiro civil austro-estadunidense, considerado um dos fundadores da engenharia geotécnica. Famoso pelos seus aparelhos para ensaios de solos e pelos seus estudos sobre percolação e liquefação do solo. (pt)
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