We get it, you use Arch!
(I use Arch btw)
the real question is, what is the best arch
Manjaro /s
Gothic or parabolic are probably the strongest ones, where each block has the most support. Gothic is easier build as it requires less custom shaped blocks. So my vote is on Gothic.
And as an added bonus it’s aesthetic as fuck
btw
Based on material per strength or style?
Gothic is my personal favorite
og rulers Ogee rulers?
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which is stronest?
Parabolic is strongest. It applies the pressure from above the best.
followed by the gothic i presume
thanks
Strongest is the caternary arch. Its not listed there for some reason. A caternary is the shape of a chain dangling from its two endpoints. Flip that shape and you get an ideal arch (assuming no additional forces)
thank you. that lead to an interesting wikipedia read.
What the hell holds up a draped arch?
I’m not an engineer by any stretch, but I imagine it would be the downward force of the weight of the rest of the building on the top-middle of the butt. The resulting pressure would hold the rest in place.
For all the other arch types I’d agree. That draped arch looks like the stones at the middle of each nadir should spit themselves out rather than be held in.
I’m an engineer (not civil though), and yeah it’s the same principle as any other arch. If you look at the block cuts in order for any one to go down it has to push another away from the middle, but at the end of the chain of that it hits the wall.
Parabolic looks like a wizards tower entrance
Gothic, else you are an heretic !
Ionic! …no, wait
Rampant is best
Let’s talk about rampant.
The only real genders
The creator of the horse shoe arch was hanged until dead for his crimes
Jesus these arches are rampant! No, sorry just one is them is
More draped myself. I get a lot of complaints about it.
