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  • The origin of proportions in architecture from the static and construction point of view
    Kušar, Jože, 1940- ; Kitek Kuzman, Manja
    The prehistoric desire of man for the best possible use of the tree trunk could be a reason for the beginning of the today's aesthetic principles and proportional canons. These were formed out of the ... bearing and economic experiences at the determination of dimensions of cross sections of beams. The determination of the optimal cross section of the timber beam, cut- or carved out of the tree trunk, is in close relationship to the proportions of the cross section dimensions influencing the bearing capacity of bending and displacement. It also refers to the useful application of timber and the size of refuse, as well as to the volume and weight of the beam during the transfer and when built-in in the construction. The historical and technological findings on workability, dimensioning and building-in off timber beams, as well as the static structural formulas currently in use, all lead us to certain findings closely related to the proportional rations of the cross section dimensions of the timber beams. In this paper, a simple approach of the maximal bearing and minimal displacement analysis shows that the origin of the golden cut proportion could be related to the timber beam cross section proportion with the best static characteristics.
    Type of material - conference contribution
    Publish date - 2002
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 1344388