counterfort
Americannoun
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a buttress, especially one for strengthening a basement wall against the pressure of earth.
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a cantilevered weight, as in a retaining wall, having the form of a pier built on the side of the material to be retained.
noun
Etymology
Origin of counterfort
1580–90; partial translation of Middle French contrefort, equivalent to contre counter- + fort strength (derivative of fort (adj.) strong)
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It would take up too much time to prove that the counterfort acts really as a beam, although the forces acting on it are not as easily found as those in a common beam.
From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Edward Godfrey
The concrete of the counterfort shown at b, Fig.
From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Edward Godfrey
The manifest and only function of the rib or counterfort is to tie together the curtain wall and the horizontal slab.
From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Edward Godfrey
These forms were built full height in 16-ft. sections with a counterfort coming at the center of each section.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
Mr. Mensch states that "it would take up too much time to prove that the counterfort acts really as a beam."
From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Edward Godfrey
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