girder : Idioms & Phrases


Bowstring girder

  • an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends.
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Bowstring girder, Box girder

  • etc. See under Bowstring, Box, etc.
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Box girder

  • noun a beam built up from boards; has a hollow rectangular cross section
    box beam.
WordNet
  • (Arch.), a box beam.
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Girder bridge

  • . See under Bridge.
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Half-lattice girder

  • a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. Knight.
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Lattice girder

  • a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars.
  • (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework.
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Plate girder

  • a girder, the web of which is formed of a single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates riveted together.
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Sandwich girder

  • a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.
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Tubular girder

  • a plate girder having two or more vertical webs with a space between them.
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