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A revetment in stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering is a facing of impact-resistant material (such as stone, concrete, sandbags, or wooden piles) applied to a bank or wall in order to absorb the energy of incoming water and protect it from erosion. River or coastal revetments are usually built to preserve the existing ...
Currently the tallest human-constructed wooden structure in the world (free-standing, though not a building). Randsburg Wash Target Test Towers (Buildings 70021 and 70022) [3] 109.73 n/a Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake: 1951 As of February 2023, the second current tallest human-constructed free-standing wooden structures in the world.
When the structure had only one storey, its loopholes were often placed close to the ceiling, with a bench lining the walls inside for defenders to stand on, so that attackers could not easily reach the loopholes. A 19th-century-era blockhouse in Fort York, Toronto. Blockhouses were normally entered via a sturdy, barred door at ground level.
This example of multiple structures includes a massive seawall and riprap revetment. A bulkhead is a retaining wall, such as a bulkhead within a ship or a watershed retaining wall. It may also be used in mines to contain flooding. Coastal bulkheads are most often referred to as seawalls, bulkheading, or riprap revetments.
Wooden buildings and structures by country (41 C) B. Wooden bridges (1 C, 14 P) C. Wooden churches (4 C, 20 P) G. Giyōfū architecture (22 P) H. Wooden houses (2 C, 6 P)
Timber design or wood design is a subcategory of structural engineering that focuses on the engineering of wood structures. Timber is classified by tree species (e.g., southern pine, douglas fir, etc.) and its strength is graded using numerous coefficients that correspond to the number of knots, the moisture content, the temperature, the grain ...
Inside, the cracks were covered with narrow wooden battens. This palisade style was much more efficient to build than the traditional horizontal log cabin, since two half logs provided more surface area than one whole log and the vertical alignment meant a stronger structure for supporting loads like upper stories and roofs.
A heavy wooden or metallic grid vertically-sliding down and thus blocking the main gateway of a medieval castle or fortification. Porte-cochère An often ornate porch- or portico-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which vehicles can pass in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather.