Systematic underestimation of the thrust of vaults among some builders of the 19th century
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In building manuals of the 18 and 19 century, we can often read either that vaults don't exert any outward thrust at all, or that their thrust can be easily absorbed by very simple means. Although the theories which are formulated to support these statements are not correct, they have been largely applied even after having been refuted. In case-studies of the works of three builders of vault constructions in their time highly recognized namely for their technical knowledge, especially in the field of masonry structures and vaults , some approaches to the problem of thrust will be shown which might appear curious respect to today's knowledge. The understanding of these approaches, however, is first of all useful to explain the structural solutions arising from them. In a more general view, their analysis may be useful to gain a deeper understanding of the problems that arose from the application of the theories by the builders in the 19 century for the realization of their innovative vault constructions.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008