Meanings
nounT-beam (plural T-beams)
plural T-beams
- businessA structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T.
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 […]
2010, Yew-Chaye Loo, Sanaul Huq Chowdhury, “Ultimate strength analysis and design for bending”, in Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete1 more example
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.
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
Translations
Polish teownik
- teownikstructural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T
Russian тавр
- тавр (tavr)structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T
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