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TOP GIRDER [7 records]

Record 1 2022-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
DEF

The top or bottom, generally horizontal part of a metal, timber, or concrete girder or truss.

CONT

A simple truss is formed by adding members, two at a time, to form additional triangular units. The top and bottom members of a truss are referred to as chords, and the sloping and vertical members are referred to as web members.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
DEF

Partie extrême et perpendiculaire à l'âme, d'un profilé laminé, d'une poutre, d'un treillis ou d'un PRS [profilé reconstitué soudé].

CONT

[...] dans ce type de poutre [...] les membrures peuvent être reliées par les seuls montants verticaux supportant les pièces de pont [...] La membrure supérieure est alors entièrement comprimée et la membrure inférieure, tendue.

OBS

membrure : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie et par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estructuras (Construcción)
CONT

Las vigas en celosía o en cerchas están compuestas por elementos rectos y esbeltos unidos entre sí en sus extremos por medio de conexiones tipo articulación. El ensamblaje es tal que en el interior de la cercha se pueden identificar figuras estructuralmente estables como los triángulos. Debido al tipo de unión de los elementos en sus extremos, estos sólo trabajan a carga axial. En este tipo de estructuras, el momento interno es soportado por el efecto de par de fuerzas entre el cordón superior (compresión) e inferior (tracción) de la cercha. A mayor distancia entre los dos cordones, menores serán los esfuerzos axiales en ellos [...]

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Record 2 2020-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Structural Framework
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
CONT

The tapered beam, sometimes called a wedge beam, is similar to a conventional built-up plate girder, with two important differences. One, as the name suggests, is the tapered profile of the rafter. The second difference has to do with the manner in which the tapered beam is connected to the column... In the most common version, the top surface of the beam is tapered, and the bottom is horizontal … The tapered beam is typically connected to the column by bolted end plates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpentes
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
DEF

A cylinder so mounted that by revolution it facilitates expansion, contraction or other movements resulting from temperature changes, loadings or other forces.

CONT

The most common type of steel expansion bearings … or shoes used by INDOT [Indiana Department of Transportation] consist of three major parts : a top shoe, an expansion roller, and an expansion plate. The top shoe, sometimes called a sole plate, connects the expansion roller to the beam or girder. The expansion roller is curved at the top and bottom to accommodate longitudinal movement through a rocking motion. The expansion shoe, sometimes referred to as a masonry plate, connects the expansion roller to the bridge seat or to a recessed anchor plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
DEF

Rouleau servant d'appui à une extrémité d'une poutre ou d'une ferme, pour en faciliter le déplacement à la dilatation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Túneles, viaductos y puentes
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Record 4 2008-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cranes (Hoisting and Lifting)
CONT

The... stevedoring crane... is generally of nonswing-boom construction... The load is usually carried on the traction wheels and the steering is at the rear, so that the transportation of a load does not adversely affect the traction or the steering of the vehicle. The large driving wheels in front are suited to carry the concentration of tractor and working load, thus providing a maximum of tractive effort for traveling, light or loaded. This type of crane is generally of 5-ton capacity and has a boom, hinged on top of the frame, providing the maximum of reach with a minimum of required headroom. The boom is generally of balanced cantilever girder design, power-operated, and can be raised and lowered by power from the driver's seat. It can also be adjusted-without a load on the hook-to any of a number of positions of reach and height of hook, depending on the character of the load and the overhead conditions in the operating area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grues (Levage)
CONT

Étude et analyse des conditions visuelles lors de l'utilisation de différents types de grues pour le débardage des navires au port de Montréal.

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Engineering (Military)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
CONT

-metre deep, torsion-resistant, triangular cross-section wheel tread girders with intermediate decking plates suspended between them to form a roadway just over four metres wide; the top of each triangular girder acts as the load-bearing face.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie (Militaire)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
CONT

En coupe transversale, la travée est formée de deux poutres parallèles en acier de section triangulaire (1,5 m en largeur), conçue pour résister en torsion.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Engineering (Military)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
CONT

[...] 1. 5-metre deep, torsion-resistant, triangular cross-section wheel tread girders with intermediate decking plates suspended between them to form a roadway just over four metres wide; the top of each triangular girder acts as the load-bearing face.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie (Militaire)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
CONT

En coupe transversale, la travée est formée de deux poutres parallèles en acier de section triangulaire (1,5 m en largeur), conçue pour résister en torsion.

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Extinguishing Agents
CONT

In buildings not provided with an automatic sprinkler system, a space of at least two(2) feet shall be left between the top of each pile and the ceiling, beam, girder or any other obstruction which may impede the passage of a water stream above each pile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agents extincteurs
CONT

Dans les bâtiments non pourvus du système de gicleurs automatiques, un espace d'au moins deux pieds (2') doit être laissé libre entre le dessus de chaque amoncellement et le plafond, poutre, solive ou toute autre obstruction pouvant gêner le passage d'un jet d'eau par-dessus chaque amoncellement.

OBS

Lances d'incendie : Appareils destinés à projeter de l'eau sous pression sous l'une des formes suivantes : jet plein, jet diffusé en cône ou en nappe, ou sous l'une et l'autre de ces deux formes.

Spanish

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