Terragni!s work on photo-elasticity literally conates themes of classical visual subjectivity with materials and themes of technology and industry.
Photo Elastic Stress Analysis
“Ornamental Structure” “Finite Element Analysis: The Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève”
Roation Counter_Rotation
Continuous Web Single Arch Element Single Line of Compression
With no Web the assembly would act as a pairof independent arches each with its own thurst line and deflection
Sliding
The “Ornamentation� provides partial continuity where chords act with individual lines of thurst but also parital shared action
Lateral Force: / Buckling
Masonry RISES to meet FALL of column