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  2. Bollard - Wikipedia

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    Bollard. Mooring bollards, such as this one in the Hudson River, were the first type of bollard. The use of the term has since expanded. A bollard is a sturdy, short, vertical post. The term originally referred to a post on a ship or quay used principally for mooring boats. In modern usage, it also refers to posts installed to control road ...

  3. Steel fence post - Wikipedia

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    A steel fence post, also called (depending on design or country) a T-post, a Y-post, or variants on star post, is a type of fence post or picket. They are made of steel and are sometimes manufactured using durable rail steel. They can be used to support various types of wire or wire mesh. The end view of the post creates an obvious T, Y, or ...

  4. Open web steel joist - Wikipedia

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    Steel joists and Joist Girders being erected. In structural engineering, the open web steel joist (OWSJ) is a lightweight steel truss consisting, in the standard form, of parallel chords and a triangulated web system, proportioned to span between bearing points. The main function of an OWSJ is to provide direct support for roof or floor deck ...

  5. Howe truss - Wikipedia

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    Special plates or washers of wood or metal are used to help distribute the stress induced by the vertical post onto the chords. [18] [1] [e] Vertical posts are in tension, [13] which is induced by tightening the nuts on the vertical bars. [19] Braces are diagonal beams which connect the bottom of a vertical post to the top of the next vertical ...

  6. Purlin - Wikipedia

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    A purlin (or historically purline, purloyne, purling, perling) is a longitudinal, horizontal, structural member in a roof. In traditional timber framing there are three basic types of purlin: purlin plate, principal purlin, and common purlin. Purlins also appear in steel frame construction. Steel purlins may be painted or greased for protection ...

  7. Pole building framing - Wikipedia

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    Pole framing or post-frame construction[1] (pole building framing, pole building, pole barn) is a simplified building technique that is an alternative to the labor-intensive traditional timber framing technique. It uses large poles or posts buried in the ground or on a foundation to provide the vertical structural support, along with girts to ...

  8. Post (structural) - Wikipedia

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    Post (structural) A post is a main vertical or leaning support in a structure similar to a column or pillar, the term post generally refers to a timber but may be metal or stone. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] A stud in wooden or metal building construction is similar but lighter duty than a post and a strut may be similar to a stud or act as a brace.

  9. Orthotropic deck - Wikipedia

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    Orthotropic deck. An orthotropic bridge or orthotropic deck is typically one whose fabricated deck consists of a structural steel deck plate stiffened either longitudinally with ribs or transversely, or in both directions. This allows the fabricated deck both to directly bear vehicular loads and to contribute to the bridge structure's overall ...

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