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Stability of Stone Structures
Structures in stone, wherever built or of whatever design hitherto, depend upon their weight for their stability. Whether they be the rough monoliths of the Drnids at Stonehenge, or the monumental obelisks of Egypt, or the more elaborate and graceful columns of Greece, in every case the force of gravity has ever been the only force which gives stability. These pillar-like structures, however, have not been designed to resist any external forces which could overthrow them, except the force of the wind. They either carry no load, as in monumental designs, or, as in the columns of a Grecian portico, they carry only the static load of an entablature, which by its weight as well as its connection with the mass of the building, really adds to the stability of the supporting columns. The height of Grecian columns varies from 6 diameters in the Doric, to 10 or 11 diameters in the Corinthian, while the ancient obelisks are found to vary in the height of shaft between the limits of 9 and 11 diameters.
Stability of Stone Structures
Structures in stone, wherever built or of whatever design hitherto, depend upon their weight for their stability. Whether they be the rough monoliths of the Drnids at Stonehenge, or the monumental obelisks of Egypt, or the more elaborate and graceful columns of Greece, in every case the force of gravity has ever been the only force which gives stability. These pillar-like structures, however, have not been designed to resist any external forces which could overthrow them, except the force of the wind. They either carry no load, as in monumental designs, or, as in the columns of a Grecian portico, they carry only the static load of an entablature, which by its weight as well as its connection with the mass of the building, really adds to the stability of the supporting columns. The height of Grecian columns varies from 6 diameters in the Doric, to 10 or 11 diameters in the Corinthian, while the ancient obelisks are found to vary in the height of shaft between the limits of 9 and 11 diameters.
Stability of Stone Structures
Searles, William H. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 8 ; 238-250
2021-01-01
131879-01-01 pages
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