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T-beam

T-beam noun: a structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T.

t-beam: a structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T
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Noun

T-beam (plural T-beams)

  1. A structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T.
    • 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
    • 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 Concrete

Forms of T-beam

pluralT-beams

Questions about T-beam

What does T-beam mean?
T-beam means a structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T.
What part of speech is T-beam?
T-beam is a noun.
What is the plural of T-beam?
The plural of T-beam is T-beams.

Words near T-beam in the dictionary

  1. T-bandages
  2. T-bar
  3. t-barb
  4. t-barbs
  5. T-bars
  6. T-beam
  7. T-beams
  8. T-bill
  9. T-bills
  10. T-bird
  11. T-birds

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