STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE

Fig. 4.44 Composite in situ and precast concrete. Precast units of complex shape are used here in conjunction with in situ concr ...

practice is nevertheless considerable and they are categorised here into the four basic types of one-way-spanning flat-slab stru ...

136 Drop panel structure is highly statically indeterminate and the resulting structural continuity allows the necessary strengt ...

Fig. 4.49 Steel shearheads, which are cross-shaped arrangements of steel plates joined by welding, are an alternative method to ...

Fig. 4.51 Plan arrangements for reinforced concrete beam-column frames. (a) One-way-span slab spanning between parallel beams. ( ...

Table 4.3 Span range and principal dimensions of reinforced concrete frame structures Slab span Beam span Slab thickness Beam de ...

Structural Design for Architecture Fig. 4.54 Plan arrangements for loadbearing-wall struc- tures of reinforced concrete. structu ...

are parallel to one another, it is necessary to brace the structure with a limited number of walls running in the orthogonal dir ...

Structural Design for Architecture 4 Precasting of components leads to a much simpler site operation than is possible with in si ...

Table 4.4 Span range and principal dimensions of basic precast concrete frames Slab span Beam span Slab depth Beam depth (m) (m) ...

Structural Design for Architecture Fig. 4.58 Where rigid joints are required in precast arrangements, so that the structure is s ...

Fig. 4.60 In this hybrid struc- ture precast beam and slab units act compositely with an in situ concrete topping slab. 4.4.4 Cu ...

Structural Design for Architecture Shell forms have other disadvantages besides the high cost of construction. They do not perfo ...

Chapter 5 Masonry structures 5.1 Introduction Masonry has been used for the construction of buildings from earliest times and th ...

Structural Design for Architecture Fig. 5.1 Cathedrale Ste-Cecile, Albi, France, 13th century. This building, which has the wide ...

Fig. 5.2 Failure of a vault. Vaults exert horizontal force on their supports. If the supports are high walls, these must be suff ...

Fig. 5.4 Basilica Nova, Rome, 4th century CE. The architects and engineers of Imperial Rome exploited the architec- tural opport ...

devices which evolved in response to the forms which were adopted out of structural necessity were to be much imitated at the ti ...

Structural Design for Architecture Fig. 5.7 Notre-Dame Cathedral, Chartres, France, 12th and 13th centuries. The main structural ...

Domes The dome is a similar structural form to the vault. In the history of the architectural treatment of the dome, a similar g ...