While building any stone arch bridge is quite rewarding, nothing quite compares to a drystack (mortarless) structure. The basic principles between mortared and mortarless work are the same. The …
Basket-Handle Arches: Strengths and Weaknesses
In our last post, we described the class of so-called "basket-handle" arches: The basket-handle arch basically forms a compromise between a Roman arch and a segmental arch. The basic form is an …
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“Basket-handle Arches”: The Elliptical and the Pseudo-elliptical Arches
Roman arches and segmental arches are the standard arch forms we often see. The Roman arch is simply half a circle, while the segmental arch is a smaller arc of a circle. Though the Roman arch has its …
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The Challenge of Long-Span Arch Bridges
Building long-span arch bridges has always been a challenge with which many builders have been fascinated. It is all fine and well to use multiple relatively small arches and piers to create a long …
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