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Simple Design Procedures for Masonry Arches
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Shrive, N. G. Reda, Meresa Mebrahtu Huizer, A. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | The masonry arch has declined rapidly as a form of construction in the last few decades. This is in part due to perceived cost of initial construction, but also in part because of the lack of education in arch designo Even recent textbooks on structural masonry omit arch design as a subject. The method by which arch design is taught at the University of Calgary is described. The funicular polygon and Bow's notation must be explained in order to introduce the concept of line of thrust and the graphical method of Curtin et ai. (7). Analysis of 3-pin and 2-pin arches is covered quickly with emphasis being placed on the analysis of fixed arches and the inherent assumptions. Given the comfort of modem students with computers two methods of programming are provided to students. The first utilizes a spreadsheet to solve for the unknowns, by dividing the arch into discrete segments and summing contributions to integral equations. The second utilizes MathCacPand has the advantage that graphs can be plotted of the thrust in relation to the kem of the arch. This retums to the visual aspect of the graphical method and reveals where careful analysis of arch stresses is required. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.hms.civil.uminho.pt/ibmac/2000/1687.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
