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Definition of Intrados
1. Noun. The interior curve of an arch.
Definition of Intrados
1. n. The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See Extrados.
Definition of Intrados
1. Noun. The inner curve of an arch or vault. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intrados
1. the inner curve of an arch [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intrados
Literary usage of Intrados
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Masonry Construction by Ira Osborn Baker (1899)
"For the same span, the segmental arch requires a shorter intrados (the inside
curve of a section of the arch perpendicular to its axis). ..."
2. The Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy and Their Application by John Henry Pratt (1842)
"To find the differential equation to the curve of pressure, let the axis of x be
vertical, the highest point of the intrados being the origin of ..."
3. The Guide to Railway Masonry: Containing a Complete Treatise on the Oblique by Peter Nicholson, R. Cowen (1860)
"... which is the oblique section of a cylinder, of which the right section of the
intrados is a semi-circle, to find the angles for cutting the quoin-heads. ..."
4. The Civil Engineer's Pocket-book by John Cresson Trautwine (1919)
"... pass from the thickness of the arch ring in places; on the intrados whe ...
so that the arch tends to sink at the crown (opening there on the intrados), ..."
5. Operative Masonry: Or, A Theoretical and Practical Treatise of Building by Edward Shaw (1832)
"And because the axis of the archant is perpendicular to the vertical plane, the
vertical projections of the intrados, and of the joints which are parallel ..."
6. The Mechanical Principles of Engineering and Architecture by Henry Moseley, Dennis Hart Mahan (1869)
"Showing the Horizontal Thrust of an Arch, the Radius of whose intrados is Unity,
and the weight of each Cubic Foot of its Material and that of its Loading, ..."
7. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1889)
"177 be one half of the ideal rib which it i« proposed to adopt as the intrados
of a real arch. Draw Aa normal to the rib at the crown, so as to represent a ..."
8. The Construction of Large Tunnel Shafts: A Practical and Theoretical Essay by Joseph Haywood Watson Buck (1880)
"3 is the development of the intrados, showing the joints of the course of stones
drawn in ... The spiral lines upon the plan of the intrados (Fig. ..."
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