girder : Idioms & Phrases
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Bowstring girder
- an arched beam strengthened by a tie connecting its two ends.
Webster 1913
Bowstring girder , Box girder
- etc. See under
Bowstring ,Box , etc.
Webster 1913
Box girder
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noun a beam built up from boards; has a hollow rectangular cross section
box beam.
WordNet
(Arch.) , a box beam.
Webster 1913
Girder bridge
- . See under
Bridge .
Webster 1913
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.
