Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- Preface
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 CENTERING AND FORMWORK
- 3 INGREDIENTS: MORTAR AND CAEMENTA
- 4 AMPHORAS IN VAULTS
- 5 VAULTING RIBS
- 6 METAL CLAMPS AND TIE BARS
- 7 VAULT BEHAVIOR AND BUTTRESSING
- 8 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS: HISTORY AND CASE STUDIES
- 9 INNOVATIONS IN CONTEXT
- APPENDIX 1 CATALOGUE OF MAJOR MONUMENTS
- APPENDIX 2 CATALOGUES OF BUILDING TECHNIQUES
- APPENDIX 3 SCORIA ANALYSIS
- APPENDIX 4 THRUST LINE ANALYSIS
- Notes
- Glossary
- Works Cited
- Index
- Plate section
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- Preface
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 CENTERING AND FORMWORK
- 3 INGREDIENTS: MORTAR AND CAEMENTA
- 4 AMPHORAS IN VAULTS
- 5 VAULTING RIBS
- 6 METAL CLAMPS AND TIE BARS
- 7 VAULT BEHAVIOR AND BUTTRESSING
- 8 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS: HISTORY AND CASE STUDIES
- 9 INNOVATIONS IN CONTEXT
- APPENDIX 1 CATALOGUE OF MAJOR MONUMENTS
- APPENDIX 2 CATALOGUES OF BUILDING TECHNIQUES
- APPENDIX 3 SCORIA ANALYSIS
- APPENDIX 4 THRUST LINE ANALYSIS
- Notes
- Glossary
- Works Cited
- Index
- Plate section
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- Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial RomeInnovations in Context, pp. 245 - 250Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005