Abstract
ABSTRACT Graphic statics not only applies to statically determinate systems but also extends to indeterminate systems. This paper reviews a historical graphical method tailored for continuous beams and frames: the fixed-points method. Despite its current obscurity, the fixed-points method played a crucial role in the repertoire of graphic statics and enjoyed considerable popularity during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Our review outlines its historical evolution, explains its principles and techniques, and illuminates Robert Maillart’s applications of this method in the Simme bridge in Garstatt and the Weissensteinstrasse Overpass in Bern.
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