Author, as appears in the article.: Samper, Albert; Gonzalez, Genaro; Herrera, Blas
Department: Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura; Enginyeria Mecànica; Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
URV's Author/s: González Baixauli, Genaro / Herrera Gómez, Blas / Samper Sosa, Albert
Keywords: Rankine; Palau güell; Geometric determination; Conics; Catenary; Architectural arch
Abstract: © 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS We provide a method to objectively determine which is the geometric shape which best fits an arch of a heritage building within each of the conical curve types – ellipse, hyperbola, parabola – and hyperbolic-cosine curve types – catenary, hyperbolic cosine, Rankine –, and we also provide an objective measurement of that fit. This method does not involve mechanical, constructive or structural processes; it only involves standard geometric processes, numerical processes, computing, statistics and 3D data acquisition. Using these techniques, we generate a method, which allows an objective determination of an arch's geometry in a heritage building. For architectural and historical reasons, and also due to discrepancies regarding the arch's geometry, as an application case for this method we have chosen the arch on the façade of Palau Güell (1886–1890) in Barcelona, a heritage building designed by Antoni Gaudí.
Thematic Areas: Spectroscopy; Materials science, multidisciplinary; Materials science (miscellaneous); Interdisciplinar; History; Historia; Geosciences, multidisciplinary; General economics,econometrics and finance; Engenharias ii; Engenharias i; Economics, econometrics and finance (miscellaneous); Economics, econometrics and finance (all); Conservation; Comunicação e informação; Computer science applications; Ciencias sociales; Ciencias humanas; Ciências ambientais; Ciência da computação; Chemistry, analytical; Chemistry (miscellaneous); Biotecnología; Astronomia / física; Arts; Art and art history; Art; Archeology (arts and humanities); Archaeology; Antropologia / arqueologia; Antropología; Anthropology
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 12962074
Author's mail: albert.samper@urv.cat; blas.herrera@urv.cat; genaro.gonzalez@urv.cat
Record's date: 2025-02-19
Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1296207416304228?via%3Dihub
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Paper original source: Journal Of Cultural Heritage. 25 56-64
APA: Samper, Albert; Gonzalez, Genaro; Herrera, Blas (2017). Determination of the geometric shape which best fits an architectural arch within each of the conical curve types and hyperbolic-cosine curve types: The case of Palau Güell by Antoni Gaudí. Journal Of Cultural Heritage, 25(), 56-64. DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2016.11.015
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2016.11.015
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2017
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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