A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Abstract This chapter deals with Statics of the masonry barrel vault, the simplest form of a curved roof covering spaces with a rectangular plan. They have an ancient origin but began to be extensively built in the Roman and Romanesque architecture. Barrel vaults are generally thin cylindrical solids of a given profile, supported at their boundaries. Unlike spherical shells, masonry cylindrical shells, with their zero Gaussian curvature, do not benefit from shape strength. Consequently, they are more prone to deformation and consequently to cracking. At cracking the vault reduces to a series of side-by-side arches. Lastly the cylindrical masonry barrel vault with semicircular profile and sustained by side walls is thoroughly studied under various conditions involving both vertical and horizontal loads.
Abstract This chapter deals with Statics of the masonry barrel vault, the simplest form of a curved roof covering spaces with a rectangular plan. They have an ancient origin but began to be extensively built in the Roman and Romanesque architecture. Barrel vaults are generally thin cylindrical solids of a given profile, supported at their boundaries. Unlike spherical shells, masonry cylindrical shells, with their zero Gaussian curvature, do not benefit from shape strength. Consequently, they are more prone to deformation and consequently to cracking. At cracking the vault reduces to a series of side-by-side arches. Lastly the cylindrical masonry barrel vault with semicircular profile and sustained by side walls is thoroughly studied under various conditions involving both vertical and horizontal loads.
Barrel Vaults
Como, Mario (author)
3rd ed. 2017
2017-01-01
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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