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Structural elements |
Wall, frame and foundation. Distribute loads: vertical and lateral. |
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Arch |
Structural device that supports vertical load by translating them into axial forces |
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Axial Forces |
System of internal forces whose outcome is a force acting along the longitudinal axis of a structural member or assembly |
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Beam |
Horizontal linear element that spans an opening and is supported at both ends by walls or columns. |
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Buttress |
Vertical mass built against the wall to strengthen it to resist the outwards pressure of a vault. |
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Cantilever |
Horizontal beam or slab that extends beyond it's last point of support |
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Column |
Upright structural member acting in compression |
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Dome |
Arch rotated in plan to produce an inverted bowl shaped form |
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Girder |
Horizontal beam, which is usually very large, that supports other beams |
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Lintel |
Beam used to span the opening in a wall left for a window or a door way. The lintel supports and distributes the load of the wall above the opening. |
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Prestressing |
Applying a compressive stress to a concrete structural member, either by pre-tensioning ( pouring concrete around stretch steel strands, then releasing external tensioning force on the strand once the concrete has cured) or post-tensioning ( tensioning high strength steel tendons against a concrete structural member after the concrete has cured) |
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Retaining wall |
Will used to mediate abrupt changes and ground elevation and to resist lateral soil pressure |
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Shear |
System of internal forces whose outcome is a force acting perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of a structural member or assembly |
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Shoring |
Temporary vertical or sloping supports |
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Slump test |
Test in which wet concrete or plaster is placed in a metal cone shape mold of specific Dimensions and allowed to stand under its own weight after the cone is removed. The index of the materials working consistency is determined by the distance between the height of the mold and the height of the slumped mixture |
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Strain |
Intensity of deformation at a point in an object. |
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Stress |
Intensity of internal force acting at a point in an object. |
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Vault |
Extruded arch |
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Vault (Diagram) |
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Groin vault |
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