Parabolic Arch
Parabolic Arch
A parabolic arch is a very complex, yet extremely simple arch all at the same time. It is also referred to as a catenary arch. It was developed fairly recently and is used around the world. This arch consists of a relatively simple equation, and one can discover many of its characteristics from its equation if he or she makes use of it. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this equation is that one of the landmarks in the United States is a catenary arch.
To begin, many arches were developed before the catenary ach and the parabolic arch were produced. Many of these arches, which were used by the ancient Romans, were semicircular and had keystones at the topmost part of them. However, these were some of the weakest arches made, despite the fact that this particular arch’s shape is the simplest to build. Later, the catenary and parabolic arch were introduced into construction by a Spanish architect named Antoni Gaudi. These arches were theoretically some of the strongest ever made.
The parabolic curve, or arch, was formally discovered by the ancient Greeks. The mathematical genius of this curve is that the focus to the curve and the curve to the directrix is the same length. Therefore, when one applies pressure to the curve