1. BUILDINGCONSTRUCTION1ARC1523
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INTRODUCTIONTOSUPERSTRUCTURE
Asuperstructureisanupwardextensionofanexistingstructureaboveabaseline.
Thisterm isappliedtovariouskindsofphysicalstructuressuchasbuildings,bridges,orships.
Theword"superstructure"isacombinationofthelatinprefix,super,(meaningabove,inaddition)
withtheLatinstem word,structure,(meaningtobuildortoheapup).
BUILDING:
LOADBEARING.
Aload-bearingwall(orbearingwall)isawall
thatbearsaloadrestinguponitbyconductingitsweighttoa
foundationstructure.Thematerialsmostoftenusedtoconstructload-bearingwalls
inlargebuildingsareconcrete,block,orbrick.Structure.Inarchitecture,astructure
isabodyorassemblageofbodiesinspacetoform asystem capableofsupportingisabodyorassemblageofbodiesinspacetoform asystem capableofsupporting
loads.Builtstructuresarecomposedofstructuralelementssuchascolumns,
beamsandtrusses.Physicalstructuresincludeman-madeandnaturalarrangements.
Buildings,aircraft,soapfilms,skeletons,anthills,beaverdamsandsaltdomesareall
examplesofphysicalstructures.
5.0SUPERSTRUCTURE