Vaults Flashcards
What is a vault
What material
Why is used
What is needed
self supporting arched from
Material- stone and brick
Use-cover space with ceiling and roofing
Temporary support is needed
History
Egypt and Assyrian
Roman
Greek
drainages
romanesque syptyle started in 1st century
Casting concrete in 1 solid mass = rigidity,devoid,extarnal thrust and no butresses
Greeek made no use
Elements
Impost
Abutment
Voussior
Arris
Intrados
Impostb
Impost
Abutment
structure to support the lateral pressure and arch or span
Intrados
innee curve of a vault
Voussior
wedge shaped tapered stone
Arris
structureal ele whose cross section is 45 iso scale angle triangle
Barrel vault
Simplest of vaults basics of vault
Ongoing series of semicircular arches one is director behind another
Looks like half barrel,resembles to a tunnel
Groin vault
2 barrel vaults intersects at right angle
Arches = round or pointed
Cross vault
Fan vault
Half cones of fan shaped
Cones meet at the centre
Rib vault family
Rib vault
Reinforced by masonry ribs
Quadripartite rib =2 masonry dividig it into 4 section
Sexpartite rib = Auault dividing =3 masonry into 6 sections
Cloister vault
4 concave surfaces meeting at a point above the centre of a vault
Net vault
Barrel vault in which intrescting ribs forms a dimond mesh =shape of net
End of gothic period
Mainly in poland germany and netherlands
Rampet vault
One springing point is higher that another springing point
Shape = rampent
