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  2. Wing wall - Wikipedia

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    Their design depends upon the nature of the embankment and does not depend upon the type or parts of the bridge. [ 1 ] The soil and fill supporting the roadway and approach embankment are retained by the wing walls, which can be at a right angle to the abutment or splayed at different angles.

  3. Garrison (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    McIntire Garrison House (1707) in York, Maine, a prototype of the garrison style. The overhang in timber framing is called jettying. Olsen-Hesketh House, Blake Road, Brownfield, Maine, a contemporary garrison colonial built 1988–89. A garrison is an architectural style of house, typically two stories with the second story overhanging in the ...

  4. Stahl House - Wikipedia

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    Stahl purchased the lot on a hill for $13,000 in 1954 and began meeting with architects to design a home for a parcel deemed "unbuildable" by other architects. [4] Koenig's design was built in 1959 as part of the Case Study Houses program. The house is considered an iconic representation of modern architecture in Los Angeles during the ...

  5. Cantilever - Wikipedia

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    An early example of a MEMS cantilever is the Resonistor, [7] [8] an electromechanical monolithic resonator. MEMS cantilevers are commonly fabricated from silicon (Si), silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4), or polymers. The fabrication process typically involves undercutting the cantilever structure to release it, often with an anisotropic wet or dry ...

  6. Cantilever method - Wikipedia

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    The cantilever method is an approximate method for calculating shear forces and moments developed in beams and columns of a frame or structure due to lateral loads. The applied lateral loads typically include wind loads and earthquake loads, which must be taken into consideration while designing buildings.

  7. Lookout (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In this example the lookouts are covered when the soffit is finished, as can be seen on the right hand side of the image. A lookout , [ 1 ] lookout rafter or roof outlooker [ 2 ] is a wooden joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a nailing surface ...

  8. Shingle style architecture - Wikipedia

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    Aside from being a style of design, the style also conveyed a sense of the house as continuous volume. This effect—of the building as an envelope of space, rather than a great mass, was enhanced by the visual tautness of the flat shingled surfaces, the horizontal shape of many shingle style houses, and the emphasis on horizontal continuity ...

  9. File:Cantilever examples.svg - Wikipedia

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