This programme takes a look at the construction of stairs. It will explore the deceptively simple engineering in structurally efficient, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly stairs. A direct lecture by a leading engineer and stair expert looks at how stone and timber stairs can be built without stringers and visible means of structural support.
Key Learning:
- How simple ply box stairs, solid timber or stone stairs stand up
- How low-tech prefabricated treads and stairs can be designed and built
- How non-cantilevered stairs transfer loads
- Stair fixings
- Stone versus concrete – strength and durability
- Structural forces on stairs and within strings
- Pre-tensioned construction problems
- The forces on stair treads and risers, shear forces and turning moments
About the contributor
Steve Webb, structural engineer, Webb Yates
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