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The ramping arch (also known as rampant arch, from French: arc rampante) is an asymmetrical arch that has its springers located at different height. Frequently a ramping arch is associated with a ramp or stairs.
The ramping arch was frequently used in flying buttresses.
References
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- Gorse, Christopher A.; Johnston, David; Pritchard, Martin (2020). "rampant arch". A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying, and Civil Engineering (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-187106-1.
- Curl, James Stevens; Wilson, Susan (2021). "ramping". The Oxford dictionary of architecture: over 5000 entries (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-191874-2.
- Velilla, Cristina; Alcayde, Alfredo; San-Antonio-Gómez, Carlos; Montoya, Francisco G.; Zavala, Ignacio; Manzano-Agugliaro, Francisco (2019-05-03). "Rampant Arch and Its Optimum Geometrical Generation". Symmetry. 11 (5): 627. doi:10.3390/sym11050627. ISSN 2073-8994.