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Re: Stepped dome?
What you will get is a corbled arch (dome).
This is not as structurally sound as compression arch (with keystone). Repeated heating and cooling cycles will further weaken it as the bricks creep back and forth. In a normal dome heating and cooling cycles are not a problem since the bricks cannot move "sideways" out of compression.
I would think twice about using this type of construction.
There is a very good reason why history has given us the compression dome.
What you will get is a corbled arch (dome).
This is not as structurally sound as compression arch (with keystone). Repeated heating and cooling cycles will further weaken it as the bricks creep back and forth. In a normal dome heating and cooling cycles are not a problem since the bricks cannot move "sideways" out of compression.
I would think twice about using this type of construction.
There is a very good reason why history has given us the compression dome.
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