Engineering:Barrel roof
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Short description: Type of curved roof
A barrel roof is a curved roof that, especially from below, is curved like a cut-away barrel. They have some advantages over dome roofs, especially being able to cover rectangular buildings,[1] due to their uniform cross-section.[2] They are mainly used as bulk storage industrial buildings due to their capability to have better space to structure ratio and larger spans.[3]
Barrel vaults are a particular form of barrel roof.
- Two examples of a barrel roof
See also
References
- ↑ Billington, David P. (2006). Power, speed, and form: engineers and the making of the twentieth century. Princeton University Press. pp. 197. ISBN 0-691-10292-9. https://archive.org/details/powerspeedformen00bill. "barrel roofs are."
- ↑ "Glossary of Architectural Terms - Barrel roof". Archiseek. Archived from the original on 3 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100603220627/http://www.archiseek.com/guides/glossary/b.html. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ "Bulk storage, Barrel Roof". https://www.lfspaceframe.com/application_category/bulk-storage/.
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