Flying buttress
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flying-buttress-253-3592616
title:
Flying buttress
text:
The flying buttress is a specific form of buttress composed of an arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass, in order to convey to the ground the lateral forces that push a wall outwards, which are forces that arise from vaulted ceilings of stone and from wind-loading on roofs. The namesake and defining feature of a flying buttress is that it is not in contact with the wall at ground level, unlike a traditional buttress, and transmits the lateral forces across th
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Form of buttress
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_buttress
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2024-01-14T20:23:53Z
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