Contact surface
The contact surface of a voussoir is the area through which thrust forces are transferred to the adjacent voussoir. In its simplest geometry, it is desirable that this surface is normal to the thrust surface so that the forces are not dissipated through tangential sliding phenomena. Besides this primordial act of tuning the direction of the stone cutting, studied by De La Hire (1712) or Couplet (1729), other strategies and opportunities to stabilize the contact between adjacent voussoirs are studied below.
Works featuring this facet:
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Puzzle Joints
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ACORN
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Striatus Bridge
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Armadillo Vault
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Bóveda del Milenio
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Cork vault Pavillion (Amorim)
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Nexorade and Reciprocal Structures
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Round Room
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Utzon Forty
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CorkVault Aarhus
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CorkCrete Arch
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Ponte Truchet
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Pre: Vault
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ICD/ITKE Reasearch Pavillion 2011
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Automated FoamDome
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Diamond Wire Stone Cutting
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Brickolage
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Shellstar Pavilion
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Chateau d’Anet Trompe
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Merida Cathedral in Yucatán
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Ermita del Santo Cristo (Talaván)
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Iglesia de Santiago de Orihuela
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King’s College Chapel
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Phare de Cordouan
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Pfarrkirche Königswiesen
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Hôtel de ville d’Arles
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Iglesia De Sta. Mª Del Salvador-Chinchilla De Montearagon
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Smeaton’s Tower
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Mausoleum of Theodoric
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Chartreuse de Valbonne
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Vis de Saint Gilles
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Fastnet Rock
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Mihrab Aleppo
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Royal Chapel of Convento de Santo Domingo
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Henry VII Lady Chapel
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Peterborough Cathedral – Lady Chapel
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Capilla de Junterones
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Jumilla
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Chateau d’Anet Chapel Dome
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La Voûte de LeFevre
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Tomb of Ummidia Quadratilla
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