Girder

For the DC Comics character with this name, see Girder (comics).
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The ceiling of Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, was constructed of large trusses built of riveted girders.
An AASHTO prestressed concrete girder.

A girder is a support beam used in construction.[1] It is the main horizontal support of a structure which supports smaller beams. Girders often have an I-beam cross section composed of two load-bearing flanges separated by a stabilizing web, but may also have a box shape, Z shape and other forms. A girder is commonly used many times in the building of bridges.

In traditional timber framing a girder is called a girt.

Small steel girders are rolled into shape. Larger girders (1 m/3 feet deep or more) are made as plate girders, welded or bolted together from separate pieces of steel plate.[2]

The Warren type girder replaces the solid web with an open latticework between the flanges. This truss arrangement combines strength with economy of materials and can therefore be relatively light. Patented in 1848 by its designers James Warren and Willoughby Theobald Monzani, its structure consists of longitudinal members joined only by angled cross-members, forming alternately inverted equilateral triangle-shaped spaces along its length, ensuring that no individual strut, beam, or tie is subject to bending or torsional straining forces, but only to tension or compression. It is an improvement over the Neville truss which uses a spacing configuration of isosceles triangles.

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References

  1. ↑ Hirol, Isami (2008). Plate-Girder Construction. BiblioBazaar. ISBN 978-0-554-88802-6.
  2. ↑ Seshu, Adluri (17 Jun 2009). "Structural Steel Design: Plate Girders (class notes)" (PDF). Memorial University. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
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