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  2. Cantilever - Wikipedia

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    A cantilever in a traditionally timber framed building is called a jetty or forebay. In the southern United States, a historic barn type is the cantilever barn of log construction. Temporary cantilevers are often used in construction. The partially constructed structure creates a cantilever, but the completed structure does not act as a cantilever.

  3. Cantilever bridge - Wikipedia

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    A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end (called cantilevers).For small footbridges, the cantilevers may be simple beams; however, large cantilever bridges designed to handle road or rail traffic use trusses built from structural steel, or box girders built from prestressed concrete.

  4. Structural support - Wikipedia

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    It is a rigid type of support or connection. The application of the fixed support is beneficial when we can only use single support, and people most widely used this type as the only support for a cantilever. [7] They are common in beam-to-column connections of moment-resisting steel frames and beam, column and slab connections in concrete frames.

  5. Suspended structure - Wikipedia

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    The terminal of Washington Dulles International Airport is an example of a catenary suspended structure.. A suspended structure is a structure which is supported by cables coming from beams or trusses which sit atop a concrete center column or core.

  6. Falsework - Wikipedia

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    A certain type of bridge, the self-anchored suspension bridge, must be supported during construction, either by the use of cantilever or suspension methods or by support from below. Support from below was used in the construction of the main span of the eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge , using parallel ...

  7. Jettying - Wikipedia

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    A double jettied timber-framed building. The ends of the multiple cantilevered joists supporting the upper floors can easily be seen.. Jettying (jetty, jutty, from Old French getee, jette) [1] is a building technique used in medieval timber-frame buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below.

  8. How Many Pounds of Potatoes Do You Need Per Person? - AOL

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    How Many Pounds of Potatoes Per Person. Ready to make your favorite potato side dish?You'll need 1/2 pound of potatoes per person. So if you're making dinner for two, that's 1 pound of potatoes.

  9. Corbel arch - Wikipedia

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    A corbel arch (or corbeled / corbelled arch) is an arch-like construction method that uses the architectural technique of corbeling to span a space or void in a structure, such as an entranceway in a wall or as the span of a bridge.