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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"vaults"”.
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Collapse mechanisms of small-scale unreinforced masonry vaults
… the three-dimensional behavior of barrel vaults and groin vaults is not as well understood. This thesis aims to address this problem by performing scale model testing of barrel and groin vaults as a complement to analytical solutions. The behavior of the model vaults are observed in four …
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Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Tile Vaults for Lightweight Floor Systems
… systems. This thesis explores the use of tile vaults as permanent formwork for concrete floor systems. The proposed system is lighter weight than traditional flat reinforced concrete slabs due to the structural efficiency of material: concrete carries load to the supports in compression and …
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Algorithmic Computer Reconstructions of Stalactite Vaults - Muqarnas - in Islamic Architecture
Muqarnas, or stalactite vaults, are three--dimensional ornaments, common in the Islamic architecture. They are used in vaults, domes, niches, arches, and as an almost flat decorative frieze. It is the function of a muqarnas to guarantee a smooth transition between straight walls and more curved …
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An Archaeological Investigation into the Cluskey Embankment Stores
… Leadership Institute over a concern of how the vaults were being used. Members of the Shinhoster organization went before City Council and proposed an archaeological investigation of the Vaults. The City Council supported to the proposal and the City’s Research Library & Municipal Archives …
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Structure and history of Guastavino vaulting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
… Company constructed structural masonry vaults for wings E and H of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (the Museum) between 1910 and 1912. In the early 1960s the Museum relocated the Egyptian and Near- and Far-Eastern galleries to these wings, which in combination with growing …
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Bovedas Encamonadas: Origen, Evolucion, Geometria y Construccion entre los Siglos XVII y XVIII en el Virreinato de Perú
… of Peru, in the sixteenth century, arches, vaults and domes were accustomed to build with stone and masonry. However, these lands were periodically shaken by earthquakes, causing the collapse of most of these buildings. For the seventeenth century the master masons had already experienced …
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The Danzig churches: a study in late Gothic vault development
… to the early fifteenth centuries, their vaults date from the Late Gothic period—around 1465 and thereafter. The aim of this dissertation is to study the unity as well as the originality of the Late Gothic vaults of Danzig in the context of the long tradition of Gothic vault …
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Catalan vaulting in advanced material : new approaches to contemporary compressive form
… into the history and construction of timbrel vaults and the material properties of cellular ceramic masonry shows that they are well-suited to one another. Building timbrel vaults with aerated autoclaved concrete (AAC) brings to architectural practice a new family of economically viable, …
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Long-period background earth noise as measured in shallow, hand excavated holes
… Three of the sites were near established seismic vaults and comparisons between posthole installation and vault installation were made. Results from this study indicate that posthole installation of long-period sensors may indeed be feasible: eight out of the 12 sites occupied had long-period …
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Volte Tardogotiche sarde: disegno, misura, materia
… the way how the Sardinian late Gothic vaults were built. The previous opportunities of study reinforced the need to explore this specific topic within the broad field of the Sardinian late Gothic architecture, which covers a period between the fourteenth and the seventeenth century. The …
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Medieval Islamic and Gothic architectural drawings : masons, craftsmen and architects
… use of drawings. Beginning with a discussion of vaults, this thesis will examine the precise methods by which designers applied geometry in drawings to explore complex forms. The emphasis on intricate vaults in both Late Gothic and Timurid architecture attest to the similarities between these …
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Vaulted Earthen Floor Systems for Low-Cost Housing Construction
… America. While artisans have been constructing vaults for centuries as roofing systems, this thesis investigates the highly indeterminate structural behavior and design of shell structures to broaden the scope of their application such that they can also serve as floor systems. Through the lower …
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Craft-inclusive Construction: Design Strategies for Thin-tile Vaulting
… studies on the industrialisation of thin-tile vaults in Cuba during 1960s and Syria during 1980s. The training approach is an ethnographic study that examines training programmes of vaulting during the construction of three thin-tile vault projects in Rwanda, Jordan and Spain. Learning from the …
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Towards a renaissance of curved spanning structures
… straight lines. The appearance of new arches and vaults were common events in the Renaissance. But, since then the demise of the curve has been slow and unrelenting. Curves are now the property of engineers. We see them used in bridges. I do not propose to show how to build arches and vaults …
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Thrust Network Analysis : exploring three-dimensional equilibrium
… form-finding, structural optimization, Gothic vaults, reciprocal diagrams.
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The mosaics of Monreale: A study of their monastic and funerary context
… of the Middle Ages. Its upper walls and vaults are covered with an extensive and well-preserved program of mosaics, executed by Greek craftsmen in the late twelfth-century Byzantine style. King William II and his mother, Margaret of Navarre, had both political and spiritual objectives in …
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Diseño estructural de arcos, bóvedas y cúpulas en España, ca. 1500- ca. 1800
… has been limited, mainly, to simple, plane, vaults. We discuss, also, spatial vaults such as domes, cross vaults, etc. With very few exceptions, the historical criticism has been made so far from an 'elastic' point of view. This has led, in many cases, to a misinterpretation of the historical …
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New Handheld Emissions Detector for Pinpointing the Location of Inadvertently Energized Objects in Urban Environments.
… metal street curbs, sign posts, transformer vaults, and manhole covers as well as concrete and asphalt pavement. Every year electric shocks occur when people and domestic animals (such as dogs and cats) make incidental contact with these energized objects. In very rare cases the shocks from …
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The Children of Spring Street: The Remains of Childhood in a Nineteenth Century Abolitionist Congregation
… remains of 75 children interred the burial vaults (1820-1846) of the 19th century Spring Street Presbyterian Church in lower Manhattan. New York City and the 8th Ward neighborhood of the church were rapidly urbanizing and diversifying in the early 19th century. These changes affected how …
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Structure and Dynamic Studies of the Nuclear Pore Complex at the Single-Molecule Level
… several other results, strongly suggests that vaults represent the central mass of NPCs. A single-molecule transport assay was also developed in order to record the translocation of individual fluorescent dextrans through NPCs. Comparison of the single-molecule dwell times under various …
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