An Abutment is the end supports of a bridgesuperstructure. This article is about the edifice. ... In social sciences, superstructure is the set of socio-psychological feedback loops that maintain a coherent and meaningful structure in a given society, or part thereof. ...
Abutments are used for the following purposes:
to transmit the reaction of superstructure to the foundations
to retain the earth filling
to connect the superstructure to the approach roads
An abutment is also, generally, the point where two structures or objects meet. Wiktionary has a definition of: Foundation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
In the meantime the second great structural problem, that of the abutment of the vault thrusts, had been solved by the Normans.
This was, of course, but the transverse wall of the Romans, pierced by arched openings; the result was unbeautiful, and the task fell to the Normans of devising a better and more scientific method.
In the Abbaye aux Dames these defects were remedied, for all the barrel vault was cut away except that narrow part which abutted against, the spring of the vault.
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