StructureA structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as biological organisms, minerals and chemicals. Abstract structures include data structures in computer science and musical form. Types of structure include a hierarchy (a cascade of one-to-many relationships), a network featuring many-to-many links, or a lattice featuring connections between components that are neighbors in space.
Post and lintelIn architecture, post and lintel (also called prop and lintel, a trabeated system, or a trilithic system) is a building system where strong horizontal elements are held up by strong vertical elements with large spaces between them. This is usually used to hold up a roof, creating a largely open space beneath, for whatever use the building is designed. The horizontal elements are called by a variety of names including lintel, header, architrave or beam, and the supporting vertical elements may be called columns, pillars, or posts.
Viaduc de Millauvignette|Les sept paires de nappes de haubans du viaduc de Millau. vignette|Chaussée droite du viaduc bordée par l'écran brise-vent d'un côté et la nappe axiale de haubans de l'autre. vignette|Le tablier est suspendu par des câbles issus de pylônes. Le viaduc de Millau est un pont à haubans franchissant la vallée du Tarn, dans le département de l'Aveyron, en France. Portant l’A75, il assure la jonction entre le causse Rouge et le causse du Larzac en franchissant une brèche de de longueur et de de profondeur au point le plus haut, dans un panorama de grande qualité et avec des vents susceptibles de souffler à plus de .
