A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Illustrated description of pavilion for judging livestock at Raleigh, NC; metal roof deck spanning 300-ft gap between curved sidewalks of building is carried on steel cables which are anchored to pair of parabolic, reinforced concrete arches which transmit to ground only roof load; their dead weight being carried by vertical steel columns; cost $0.43 per cu ft exclusive of land and portable seats.
Illustrated description of pavilion for judging livestock at Raleigh, NC; metal roof deck spanning 300-ft gap between curved sidewalks of building is carried on steel cables which are anchored to pair of parabolic, reinforced concrete arches which transmit to ground only roof load; their dead weight being carried by vertical steel columns; cost $0.43 per cu ft exclusive of land and portable seats.
Curved roof on cables spans big arena
Eng News-Rec
Merritt, F.S. (author)
Engineering News-Record ; 150
1953
Article (Journal)
English
© Metadata Copyright Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
Engineering Index Backfile | 1966
Bicycle-wheel roof spans 240 feet
Engineering Index Backfile | 1960
Folded plate roof spans big bays
Engineering Index Backfile | 1956
Temporary suspension of heavy cables over long spans
Engineering Index Backfile | 1941
|Wood cantilevers support arena roof
Engineering Index Backfile | 1957