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A structural engineering system is used in the support of a structure or building. Examples would be trusses, post-and-lintel, thin-shell, arch etc.. This type is currently a catch-all bucket for all structural engineering terms. Elements of a building, such as roof, walls, facade should be typed...
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A beam is a structural element that is capable of withstanding load primarily by resisting bending. The bending force induced into the material of the beam as a result of the external loads, own weight and external reactions to these loads is called...
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A column in structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed...
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| x Thin-shell structure |
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Sydney Opera House | Roof |
Thin-shell structures are light weight constructions using shell elements. These elements are typically curved and are assembled to large structures. Typical applications are fuselages of aeroplanes, boat hulls and roof structures in some buildings....
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| x Truss |
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Rogers Centre | Retractable roof | Steel |
In architecture and structural engineering, a truss is a structure comprising one or more triangular units constructed with straight slender members whose ends are connected at joints referred to as nodes. External forces and reactions to those...
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| x Post and lintel |
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Parthenon | Gabled Roof | Masonry |
Post and lintel (or Post and beam) is a simple architrave where a horizontal member (the lintel—or header) is supported by two vertical posts at either end. This form is commonly used to support the weight of the structure located above the openings...
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| Temple of Isthmia | Gabled Roof | ||||
| Temple of Zeus | Gabled Roof | ||||
| Temple of Apollo at Bassae | Gabled Roof | ||||
| Temple of Hera | Gabled Roof | ||||
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A tensile structure is a construction of elements carrying only tension and no compression or bending. The term tensile should not be confused with tensegrity, which is a structural form with both tension and compression elements.
Most tensile...
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An arch is a structure that spans a space while supporting weight (e.g. a doorway in a stone wall). Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture and their systematic use started with the Ancient Romans who...
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| x Stone Ribbed Fan Vault | King's College Chapel, Cambridge | Roof | Portland stone | ||
| x Dome |
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Taj Mahal | Roof | Marble |
A dome is a structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. Dome structures made of various materials have a long architectural lineage extending into prehistory.
Corbel domes have been found in the ancient...
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| Santa Maria del Fiore | Roof | Brick | |||
