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Triangle: The Best Geometric Shape to Build Better Bridges and Structures Bridges are incredibly important to our civilization. The building of bridges can be recorded back to ancient times. They are the very means to “bridge” the gap between two or more spaces when a roadway cannot be built. They go across oceans and lakes, they go around and between mountains and cross over valleys. The world is filled with many types of bridges. According to History of Bridges (2017, [online]), some types of bridges are “arch bridges, beam bridges, truss bridges, suspension bridges and cable-stayed bridges.” bridge 1a: 1 beam, 2 truss, 3 arch, 4 suspension, 5 cable-stayed Picture provided by Merriam Webster Dictionary Staff (2017, [online]) The specific type of bridge that is needed is dependent upon the geographical area where the bridge is being placed. According to Scientific American (2015, [online]), “When civil engineers build large structures such as bridges and buildings, they have to take into account how forces, such as gravity, compression, tension, and torque, will act on the…

Bridge Background and Types Bridges are manmade structures that are necessary in able to cross vast areas of rugged land or bodies of water easily. They have highly developed over time, with more advanced technological structures and materials to keep crossers safe without the bridge collapsing. There are several types of bridges, but the major ones being the beam, truss, arch, and suspension bridges. These bridges are all made for the same task, to safely let people cross an otherwise…

The Romans recognized that the arch would allow them to make structure with a much larger span than was possible with post and lintel construction. (Klein, 336). Made of wedge shaped stones, called vousiors, each cut to fit into the semicircular form, an arch is not stable until the keystone. A stone at the very top, has been put into place. At this point, equal pressure is exerted by each stone on its neighbors, and the scaffolding that is necessary to support the arch while it under…

current stone structure dates to 1853 and the Saint Patrick's church used to be in a wooden design but a fire in 1904 caused majority of the church to be rebuilt by 1906. Patrick’s church has many characteristics that imitate the gothic style that common back then including: a steeply pitched roof, pointed-arch windows, stained glass, and Gothic window above the entry. Gothic architecture are commonly known as the architecture style of many of the great cathedrals, and churches in the past.…

builder, instead, built smaller relieving vaults into these ridges, such as at St. Simons monastery at Aswan (Kemp, 2000: 93). 3.1.1.2 The special construction techniques used for the barrel vault and plain walls of the two case studies The pitched bricks were laid with alternating angles of inclination with alternating angles of inclinatio. The Ancient Egyptian builder used the thicker and stronger (sometimes haunching) supporting walls, the parallelism (arcades), to create counter resistance,…

This is very much in line with Romanesque style, where geometric shapes are commonly used along with squares, lozenges, chevrons, and plain circles. In Figure 2 you can see the distinct chevron pattern on the innermost tear of the lower arch. The chevron pattern can also be seen in the Listello separation the upper and lower arches. The influences of Roman architecture can be clearly seen in the Romanesque style, through the prominent use of roman developments like columns and rounded arches.…

Arch Bridges, Beam Bridges, Cantilever Bridges are just some types of bridges. One of the most famous types of bridges, though, are the “Truss” Bridges. The Warren Truss is one of the most famous of this category, while the Howe Truss is not as well known it is, still, a strong bridge. “Historyofbridges.com” states that “[A] Truss bridge is a type of bridge whose main element is a truss which is a structure of connected elements that form triangular units. Truss is used because it is a very…

revival architecture as it was referenced from Italian Gothic Cathedral Interiors and the striped polychromy was particularly success. Also, the Kauri pine ceiling is one of the characteristics of the Cathedral13. Stone The stone used to build the St. Paul’s Cathedral was the stone commonly use in Melbourne, as William Butterfield would like to use the materials to make contrast to other architecture in Melbourne. Butterfield had decided to use cream- coloured stones including Waurn Ponds,…

Julie Mehretu was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1970. She was schooled in Kalamazoo, where she received her bachelor degree in Art, and continued on to receive her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Art and Design in 1997 (Artnet). She lives and works in Harlem New York with her artist and partner (Plagens). Mehretu works on drawings influenced by architectural plans and aerial maps. She adds many layers to increase complexity. She relates the layering to herself as parts of who she is. She…

Do You Need Arch Support? Diabetic neuropathy causes foot pain, but people without diabetes can experience foot pain from other conditions that benefit from arch support. Cerebral palsy, spina bifida, polio, muscular dystrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, stroke, or inherited structural abnormality can all result in high arches, or Cavus foot, that benefit from high arch support. According to the Illinois Podiatric Medical Association, one quarter of the bones in your body are in…