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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Parabolic is strongest. It applies the pressure from above the best.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

followed by the gothic i presume

[–] CHINESEBOTTROLL@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Strongest is the caternary arch. Its not listed there for some reason. A caternary is the shape of a chain dangling from its two endpoints. Flip that shape and you get an ideal arch (assuming no additional forces)

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

thank you. that lead to an interesting wikipedia read.

[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)