Folding mechanism

The title of this article is ambiguous. This deals with the folded structure in architecture. For the folded structure as a filling ornament on late Gothic furniture, see folded structure (furniture ornament) .

Structural engineering

A folded structure is a three-dimensional, straight-edged supporting structure made up of panes or plates . The planar structural parts are stressed in their plane ( disk theory ), but can also be subjected to additional bending ( plate theory ). Folds are intended to prevent deformation of the folded structure. A high dimensional stability of the folded structure requires fixed, non-displaceable folded edges. Free folded edges can be stabilized with transverse and longitudinal stiffeners so that their deformation is prevented.

Architectural history

Folded gussets, the alternately directed, side-by-side three-dimensional triangular shapes on intermediate links and capitals in Ottoman architecture, are also known as "folds". They have an ornamental rather than a static function.

Single receipts

1. ↑ Hans Koepf : Picture Dictionary of Architecture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 194). Kröner, Stuttgart 1968, DNB 457250771 , p. 141, with further literature.

literature

• Folding mechanism. In: Klaus-Jürgen Schneider, Rüdiger Wormuth (Hrsg.): Building glossary: ​​Explanation of important terms of the building industry. Beuth, 2009.