Arches and Lintels in Construction

What is Lintel?
A Lintel is a level primary part which is set across the opening.
Subsequently the design stays in the situation by the opposition from the help.
What is an Arch?
An Arch May be defined as the mechanical arrangement of wedge-shaped blocks of stones or bricks mutually supporting each other and supported at the end by piers or abutments.
An Arch is a development that crosses a space and supports plan and weight under it.

Types of Lintels?
Timber Lintels
Stone Lintels
Brick Lintels
Reinforced Brick Lintels
Steel Lintels
Reinforced cement concrete Lintels.
1. Timber Lintels:
Easily Available in hills areas.
Generally expensive, primarily powerless and helpless against fire.
Effectively rot while possibly not appropriately taken care.
Types of Archs:
Geometry Based Arches
Flat Arch
Semi-circular Arch
Segmental Arch
Reliving Arch
Parabolic Arch
Trefoil Arch
Ogee Arch
Multifoil Arch
Basket Handle Arch
Flat Arch: An Arch having a horizontal intrados with voissiors radiating from a centre below often built with a slight camber to allow settling is called a flat or jack arch.