enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: steel gate design image

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Portcullis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portcullis

    Portcullis at Desmond Castle, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland The inner portcullis of the Torre dell'Elefante in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy A portcullis (from Old French porte coleice ' sliding gate ') is a heavy, vertically closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications. [1]

  3. Kissing gate - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_gate

    A kissing gate is a gate that allows people, but not livestock, to pass through. The normal construction is a half-round, rectangular, trapezoidal or V-shaped part-enclosure with the free end of a hinged gate trapped between its arms. When the gate is touching an arm it must be pulled or pushed to pass through.

  4. Cloud Gate - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Gate

    A modified reproduction of Cloud Gate is also included in Watch Dogs, a video game released in 2014 that takes place in Chicago. [85] Unlike the real sculpture, the in-game replica is a curved, white torus. [86] Cloud Gate plays a prominent role in Battle Ground, the 17th title in the Dresden Files urban fantasy novel series by Jim Butcher. In ...

  5. Tainter gate - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainter_gate

    Tainter gates are usually controlled from above with a chain/gearbox/electric motor assembly. A critical factor in Tainter gate design is the amount of stress transferred from the skinplate through the radial arms and to the trunnion, with calculations pertaining to the resulting friction encountered when raising or lowering the gate. Some ...

  6. Caisson (lock gate) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisson_(lock_gate)

    Ship caisson at Droogdok Jan Blanken at Hellevoetsluis. A caisson is a form of lock gate.It consists of a large floating iron or steel box. This can be flooded to seat the caisson in the opening of the dock to close it, or pumped dry to float it and allow it to be towed clear of the dock.

  7. Orthotropic deck - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthotropic_deck

    It was first utilized in North America in 1975, on the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, which was completed in 1938 with exceptionally light design. The original concrete deck of the 670 m (2,200 ft) North Viaduct of the Lions Gate Bridge was replaced with a lighter and wider orthotropic deck, carried out in sections using a series of short ...

  1. Ads

    related to: steel gate design image