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2. Cantilever - Wikipedia

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   The cantilever is commonly used in the wings of fixed-wing aircraft. Early aircraft had light structures which were braced with wires and struts. However, these introduced aerodynamic drag which limited performance. While it is heavier, the cantilever avoids this issue and allows the plane to fly faster.

3. Tokyō (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   An example of mutesaki tokyō using six brackets. Tokyō (斗栱・斗拱, more often 斗きょう) [note 1] (also called kumimono (組物) or masugumi (斗組)) is a system of supporting blocks (斗 or 大斗, masu or daito, lit. block or big block) and brackets (肘木, hijiki, lit. elbow wood) supporting the eaves of a Japanese building, usually part of a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine. [1]

4. Jettying - Wikipedia

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   Jettying. A double jettied timber-framed building. The ends of the multiple cantilevered joists supporting the upper floors can easily be seen. Jettying (jetty, jutty, from Old French getee, jette) [1] is a building technique used in medieval timber-frame buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below.

5. Answer Man: Is unfinished Blue Ridge Parkway bridge ... - AOL

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   The Blue Ridge Parkway bridge, near milepost 391.8, uses a balanced cantilever method. But how a thing looks is not nearly as important as the soundness of its design.

6. Dougong - Wikipedia

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   Dougong (Chinese: 斗拱; pinyin: dǒugǒng; lit. 'cap [and] block') is a structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, important in traditional Chinese architecture for both its structural capacities and cultural implications. The use of dougong first appeared in buildings of the late centuries BCE, with its earliest renditions emerging ...

7. Bracket (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Bracket for a shelf or hanging items. A bracket is a structural or decorative architectural element that projects from a wall, usually to carry weight and sometimes to "strengthen an angle". [1][2] It can be made of wood, stone, plaster, metal, or other media. A corbel or console are types of brackets.