Lower bound of the minimum thickness values for circular masonry arches based on thrust line analysis considering various stereotomies
Author(s): |
Orsolya Gaspar
Istvan Sajtos |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017 |
Published in: | Interfaces: Architecture . Engineering . Science |
Year: | 2017 |
Abstract: | The effect of stereotomy on the minimum thickness value of the arch can not be fully exploited unless the stereotomy is treated as a function (not a single value parameter). Numerical optimization searches for the stereotomy resulting in the lower bound of minimum thickness. |