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box beam

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box beam
n
(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
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.
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.
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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