It was very, very lofty; so lofty that the banners depending from the
arched beams and girders away up there floated in a sort of twilight; there was a stone-railed gallery at each end, high up, with musicians in the one, and women, clothed in stunning colors, in the other.
To support the stadium's large roof, an
arched beam structure has been adopted incorporating the principle of bow with wooden arch and iron auxiliary wire cable.
Based on the above analysis, the designed buffering device consists of a protection cover, an energy storage shock absorber, and a double shock absorption
arched beam. The protection cover, which was constructed using alloy materials with high strength and durability, is directly impacted by the solid backfill materials.
Each laminated
arched beam was connected to the cables by ball joints and had to be engineered and installed in the proper sequence to fit precisely once the cables were fully loaded.
An earlier statement by Rubner Holzbau, a engineered timber construction firm in Europe, reported that 'the wave-shaped, barrel-roofed structure of the new 65,000 sqm building will be created from
arched beams made of glulam wood.'
This has graceful
arched beams made of layered wood and is spacious enough to put ?tness equipment alongside the pool.
The new lighting achieved better color rendering from a mixture of metal halide, high-pressure sodium and quartz floodlights mounted on the
arched beams. The rotunda was illuminated by narrow-beam metal halide floodlights through the skylights and five 100-W, narrow-beam quartz floodlights with dimming capabilities above and around the perimeter of the large central skylight.
Our room was cosy with large
arched beams, a sumptuous bed, a flatscreen TV and DVD player and a filter coffee maker.
"The hall is a massive space with great
arched beams and will be a real surprise to visitors.