post-lintel construction

...In addition, such a structural method based on horizontal members and columns is called trabeated construction, as opposed to masonry construction using arches. However, among horizontal members, those that bear horizontal forces and act as part of the framework are called beams, while those that only bear vertical loads without considering horizontal forces are called lintels. Structures based on columns and beams are called rigid frame structures, while simple building block structures are called post-lintel construction. Primitive wooden structures were often based on this type of structure, both in the East and the West.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "post-lintel construction" is listed below.

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…またこうした水平材と柱とを主体とする構造方式を，アーチを用いる組積造に対し，楣式構造trabeated constructionと呼ぶ。ただし横架材のうちでも，水平力をうけ持ち骨組みの一部として働くものを梁（はり），水平力を考慮せず垂直荷重をうけるだけのものを楣として区別することがあり，柱･梁による構造のほうはラーメン構造，そうではない単純な積み木的なものを柱･楣構造post‐lintel constructionと呼んでいる。原始的な木造の架構は，洋の東西を問わずこの柱･楣構造方式が多かった。…

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