WorksheetsStructural elements
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How are pilars
Are round or rectangular
Are cylindrical and usually have a decorative as well as structural function
Sit on pillars and transfer the weight of the slabs or the roof
Arches are a bulb using a temporary structure called a centring
TRUE
FALSE
Vaults are built by using a series of arches in a line
FALSE
TRUE
Joists :Are used to create open spaces between columns for openings,windows or doors in walls .They were also called architraves in classical architecture.
TRUE
FALSE
What are pilasters
does not exist
Sit on pillars and transfer the weight of the slabs or the roof
are columns or pillars which are part of the wall
There are two or three dimensional narrow
elements
True
False
the process in them resist compression street and so are usually made of materials like...
minerals
stone
cement
nothing
In ancient times, stone was the most common construction material ,
TRUE
FALSE
lintels could not be very ...
Long
small
We have had the structures 1 divided into 4 parts, columns, beams and ...
Stone
Arches
triangulated
What is this
Arches
Vaults
Buttresses
What is this
Vaults
Beams
Joists
Lintels are used to create open spaces
True
False
There are 3 types of columns
True
False
Buttress is an exterior arch wich bears lateral loads loads
TRUE
FALSE
