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    A segmental arch is a type of arch with a circular arc of less than 180 degrees. It is sometimes also called a scheme arch. The segmental arch is one of...
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    Roman arch bridges were usually semicircular, although a number were segmental arch bridges (such as Alconétar Bridge), a bridge which has a curved arch that...
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    forces across bridges. Many Roman bridges had semicircular arches, but a few were segmental, i.e. with an arc of less than 180 degrees. By the 2nd century...
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  • Segmented arch can mean: Arch bridge, a type of bridge having one or more arches Segmental arch, in architecture, a type of arch that is struck from one...
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    arches using brick and/or stone block construction at the Great Wall, China Segmental arch of the Alconétar Bridge Bridge with a basket handle arch Horseshoe...
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    Anji Bridge (category Deck arch bridges)
    Qiáo; lit. 'Safe crossing bridge') is the world's oldest open-spandrel segmental arch bridge of stone construction. Credited to the design of a craftsman...
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    also used to prevent buccal tipping of the molars when a Burstone-type Segmental Arch mechanics are being used. In a case of open bite, TPA can be used to...
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    building wall, and (ii) an arch that bridges the span between the pier and the wall – either a segmental arch or a quadrant arch – the flyer of the flying...
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    Ponte Vecchio (category Deck arch bridges)
    [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; "Old Bridge") is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy. The only bridge in Florence...
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    dictates the rise of the arch to be less than 1⁄2 of its span (for example, in Roman residential construction), a segmental arch with a rounded shape that...
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    Bridge near Limyra (category Roman segmental arch bridges)
    the arches are segmental… It is believed that the bridge is Roman. If this is the case, then it is one of the few truly segmental Roman stone arch bridges...
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    Fleisch Bridge (category Stone arch bridges)
    This, however, came at the cost of high lateral thrusts even for a segmental arch bridge. This problem was solved by a particularly innovative construction...
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    significant as it is the world's oldest open-spandrel stone segmental arch bridge. European segmental arch bridges date back to at least the Alconétar Bridge (approximately...
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  • China Zhaozhou Bridge (赵州桥), world's oldest open-spandrel fully stone segmental arch bridge, in Zhao County Zhaozhou, Hebei (赵州镇), town in and seat of Zhao...
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    of all aqueduct arch bridges of the Aqua Marcia to Rome, constructed from 144 to 140 BC, amounts to 10 km. The longest segmental arch bridge was the c...
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    few were segmental (such as Alconétar Bridge). A segmental arch is an arch that is less than a semicircle. The advantages of the segmental arch bridge were...
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    Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a histopathologic finding of scarring (sclerosis) of glomeruli and damage to renal podocytes. This process...
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  • Burstone in 1950s. This segmental arch method used two posterior segments and one anterior segment. A separate continuous intrusion arch is used which was inserted...
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    Alconétar Bridge (category Roman segmental arch bridges)
    Mantible, was a Roman segmental arch bridge in the Extremadura region, Spain. The ancient structure, which featured flattened arches with a span-to-rise...
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    built with semicircular arches, forming a complete half-circumference. From the early Middle Ages onwards, the segmental arch, an incomplete half-circumference...
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  • quarter circle segmental arch bridge. This leaves the Anji bridge the title of "the oldest open-spandrel stone quarter circle segmental arch bridge in the...
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  • Classicism. Single span, segmental arch on piers, 24 ft (7.3 m). Concrete with cast-concrete ornament. Adaptation of classical arch with keystone on pylons...
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    Chapman introduced the segmental oblique arch to the design of Finlay Bridge at Naas, employing an arch barrel based on a circular segment that is smaller than...
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    Ponte di San Francesco (category Deck arch bridges)
    di San Francesco (English: "Bridge of Saint Francis") is a medieval segmental arch bridge over the River Aniene in Subiaco, in the Italian region of Lazio...
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    Bridge near Kemer (category Roman segmental arch bridges)
    The Bridge near Seydikemer was a Roman segmental arch bridge near the ancient city of Xanthos in Lycia, in modern-day southwestern Turkey. Its remains...
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  • Ponte San Lorenzo (category Roman segmental arch bridges)
    Constructed between 47 and 30 BC, it is one of the very earliest segmental arched bridges in the world. It is also notable for the slenderness of its...
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    Packhorse bridge (category Deck arch bridges)
    (one horse wide) masonry arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the panniers borne by the horses. Multi-arched examples sometimes have...
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    Castelvecchio Bridge (category Arch bridges in Italy)
    fortified bridge in Verona, northern Italy, over the Adige River. The segmental arch bridge featured the world's largest span at the time of its construction...
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    including a large bay window on the north side of the first floor, and segmental arch windows on the second floor and at the front side of the first floor...
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    Macestus Bridge (category Roman segmental arch bridges)
    ancient segmental arch bridges known today. Inside, hollow chambers were cut out to save material and reduce the weight resting on the arch vaults; these...
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