• @WoodScientist
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    186 months ago

    Partially correct. Those are beams, girders, and columns.

    • wander1236
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      86 months ago

      A girder (/ˈɡɜːrdər/) is a beam used in construction.

      • @WoodScientist
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        146 months ago

        Specifically a girder is a beam that other beams frame into. Gravity load typically goes slab->beam->girder->columns->foundation. At least that’s what I teach in my steel design classes.

        • @[email protected]
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          36 months ago

          Are there any girders in the picture then? Or none, or impossible to tell? I can’t see any, by that definition.

          • @WoodScientist
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            106 months ago

            You can see them on the upper levels. On the bottom level, you can see the shear tabs, mounted on the girders that additional beams will frame into.

            • Greg Clarke
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              26 months ago

              c/lemmyshitpost, come for the memes, stay for the lessons on construction materials

              • kateOP
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                76 months ago

                SIEZE THE MEMES OF CONSTRUCTION

              • @WoodScientist
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                16 months ago

                Little known fact; heavy timber buildings will often perform better in fire than steel buildings like this.

                  • @WoodScientist
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                    26 months ago

                    I mean, I am literally working on a PhD in wood science.