Autor(en): |
Jacques Heyman
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Medium: | Tagungsbeitrag |
Sprache(n): | Englisch |
Tagung: | Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009 |
Veröffentlicht in: | Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Construction History [3 Volumes] |
Jahr: | 2009 |
Abstrakt: |
The Author discusses the methods of calculation for masonry, and confesses to an error he made in 1969 in the determination of the minimum thickness of a semicircular arch (Couplet's problem). The correct solution is given. The strength of a masonry structure depends on its stereotomy. |