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| the top or bottom member of an I beam (wide section flange). Flanges are critical to this design because they resist compression and tension exceptionally well in such an orientation. |
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| The connecting part in a wide section flange. The web not only connects the two flanges, but also serves to resist shear and bending. |
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| also known as an I beam. Shaped like the capital I, wide section flanges are a very efficient shape to carry loads that are typically placed in buildings. (shear, moment, bending) however are not very tolerant of torsion. Typically produced by an arc furnace. |
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| Same as a wide section flange, only instead of being produced in a factory (and not usually cold drawn) a plate girder is made from plates of steel welded to create this shape. |
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| Chords are the top and bottom members of a truss. They are similar to flanges in that they carry either pure compression or pure tension. |
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| an I beam, only shaped like a t. instead of having a bottom flange, t beams utilize reinforcing bar to be more efficient. |
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| Composite Material/structure |
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| compression and tension pieces are different materials |
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| structural timber product composed of several layers of dimensioned lumber glued together. More efficient use or wood because they are made from typically unwanted pieces of wood and can be designed in any shape. |
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