Galileo was wrong: the geometrical design of masonry arches

DOI10.1007/s00004-006-0016-8zbMath1116.01001OpenAlexW1964314559MaRDI QIDQ871639

Santiago Huerta

Publication date: 20 March 2007

Published in: Nexus Network Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00004-006-0016-8

zbMATH Keywords

architectureGalileomasonry archesstructural designhistory of constructionstrength of materialsarch designhistory of engineering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General applied mathematics (00A69) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) Statics (70C20) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to history and biography (01-01) History of mathematics of the indigenous cultures of Europe (pre-Greek, etc.) (01A15)

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