Building structure

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1976-06-21

1978-02-07

Purser, Ernest R.

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Vertically curved arch with terminal support

52 81, E04B 132

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040719863

ABSTRACT:
A building structure including a pair of opposing flank members having opposing spaced base-edges, upper edges meeting to define a peak of the structure, and convex contours each approximating the shape of a segment of a cylinder whose radius of curvature exceeds one half the base span of the structure. The flanks each comprise a plurality of generally rectangular panels disposed in edgewise abutment, the panels having support walls bordering the interior faces of the panels and having heights sufficient to withstand the stresses at the respective walls. The building structure includes end structures whose configurations are compatible with that of the flank members, and include panels disposed in a variety of edgewise, abutting arrangements.

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patent: 2736072 (1956-02-01), Woods
patent: 2783721 (1957-03-01), Molke
patent: 3820292 (1974-06-01), Fitzpatrick
Architectural Forum, Apr. 1952, p. 15.
Popular Science, Dec. 1960, p. 113.

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