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box beam

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box beam
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(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) another name for box girder
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Noun1.box beam - a beam built up from boards; has a hollow rectangular cross section
box girder
beam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction


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Construction of the Memorial began in March with preliminary work to cover the original box beam columns that outline the perimeters of the Twin Towers.
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Structurally, the essential proposition is simple: a welded and bolted aluminium box beam spans simply from one building to the other; its section changes according to stresses and the geometry of the frames.
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The unit consists of a box beam that spans the silo and forms an access tunnel to the mechanical parts and an archimedes screw suspended underneath.
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