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The technical feature of a simplebarrelvaultis that its surface is developable.
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However, a much greater saving is possible in the centring required for a cross-vault as compared with a uniformbarrelvault.
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Buildings were erected along existing streets, and soon roofed over with a timber arched trussbarrelvault.
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Figure 16 shows the cross-section of a uniformbarrelvault, drawn roughly to scale (say a vault thickness of 300mm over a span of 12m).
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Although a properly builtbarrelvaultis satisfactory as an engineering structure (opinions may differ as to its aesthetics), there are two main reasons why it is uneconomic.
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It also describes thebarrelvaultwhich was added as a transept to contain elms already growing on - but not at the centre of- the site.
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The behaviour of thebarrelvaultis precisely that of the arch, the vault maybe thought of as a number of arches placed side by side.
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Thebarrelvaultis a continuous arch, the length being greater than its diameter.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thebarrelvaultis the simplest form of a vault: effectively a series of arches placed side by side, i.e., one after another.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the opposite side is the large west hall, accessed by means of a gateway and covered by a pointedbarrelvault.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The first floor chamber has a semicircularbarrelvault, designed as a defence against the spread of fire.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A longitudinalbarrelvaultis a barrel (or tunnel) vault which follows the main longitudinal direction of the nave.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The interior is covered by abarrelvault, which probably dates from the 18th century.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is a single rectangular space with abarrelvault, with four adjoining structures located in the centre of each facade.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The inside consists of a spacious nave covered with abarrelvault.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The crossing is crowned with abarrelvault.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The church rests on abarrelvaultthat unites the church with the house in front.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Abarrelvaultcovers the burial chamber, whose height is 2.10m.
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