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THE A RCH

THE A RCH. Universidad Simon Bolivar Ingles II Prof. Marianela N ajul By Felix Vivas and Adriana Ruiz. Content. Historical Origins Parts of the Arch Structural Behavior Classification of Arches The Arch Actually. THE ARCH IN THE ANTIQUITY: BEAM VS. ARCH Beam -> Arch

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THE A RCH

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  1. THE ARCH Universidad Simon Bolivar Ingles II Prof. MarianelaNajul By Felix Vivas and Adriana Ruiz

  2. Content • Historical Origins • Parts of the Arch • Structural Behavior • Classification of Arches • The Arch Actually

  3. THE ARCH IN THE ANTIQUITY: BEAM VS. ARCH • Beam -> Arch • Produces tensile forces which couldn’t be absorbed by stone, the most usual material at that antiquity • Stone -> week in tension

  4. STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF AN ARCH • Vertical loads • Horizontal loads • Transit of the loads Both of them act on the arch’s support

  5. Stone resists compression very well, but it is week to traction. • The result is that each voussoir works only in compression, and it allows a distance much bigger between columns than beams do.

  6. Classifications of the arches according to their guideline

  7. PARABOLIC • Used by Antoni Gaudi and modern architects (sthetics motives). • It is the most difficult to build because each voussoir is different

  8. If we turn a parabolic arch around, we obtain the guidelinefor a suspension bridge

  9. CIRCUMFERENCE • It is the most used since Antique Romans. • Circumference is the only curve with a constant curvature; this makes it easier and cheaper to build.

  10. OJIVAL ARCH • Produces the minimum possible of horizontal loads in the supports • The voussoirs can all have the same shape, just like a circumference-shapedarch • It is resistant and easy to build

  11. OTHER ARCHES… Horseshoe Arch • Tudor Arch

  12. “Throught the arch, the matter defeats itself” Cayo Lacer, author of the Alcatara’s bridge

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