T-beam
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Noun
[edit]- (construction, mechanical engineering) A structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T.
- 1915 April, Jerome Cochran, “Design Methods in Concrete Construction – Analysis of Stresses in T-Beams and Design of Beams in General”, in Concrete-Cement Age:
- The T-beam is designed to economize in this respect by concentrating the concrete, where it is most effective, near the compressive side of the beam.
- 2010, Yew-Chaye Loo, Sanaul Huq Chowdhury, “Ultimate strength analysis and design for bending”, in Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete:
- Similar to doubly reinforced sections, the T-beam detailed in Figure 3.7(6)(a) may be ‘decomposed’ into a web-beam and a flange-beam […]
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[edit]structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T