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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 7/8
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF NON-CONVENTIONAL STRUCTURES
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping
Paper XXI.3

A New Arch Construction Technique

C. Melbourne

Department of Civil Engineering and Building, Bolton Institute of Higher Education, Bolton, Lancashire, England

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
C. Melbourne, "A New Arch Construction Technique", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Proceedings of the International Conference on the Design and Construction of Non-Conventional Structures", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 239-246, 1987. doi:10.4203/ccp.7.21.3
Abstract
A "spin-off" from the current masonry arch bridge research programme at the Bolton Institute of Higher Education has been the development of a new arch construction technique which is simple in concept and straightforward in construction. Two prototypes are described and further developments are discussed.

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