straining beam
1straining beam — noun or straining piece : a short piece of timber in a truss used to hold in place the ends of struts or rafters * * * straining beam or straining piece, the horizontal timber or beam in a roof truss between the tops of two queen posts, which… …
2straining beam — /ˈstreɪnɪŋ bim/ (say strayning beem) noun (in a queen post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof. Also, straining piece …
3straining beam — noun A horizontal truss joining the queen posts in rafters …
4straining piece — [strān′iŋ] n. a horizontal brace or beam connected at either end to opposite rafters in a roof truss: also straining beam …
5straining piece — noun see straining beam * * * (in a queen post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof. Also called straining beam. See diag. under queen post. [1795 1805] * * * straining beam or… …
6straining sill — noun : a straining beam on the tie beam of a truss to resist at each end the foot of a diagonal strut * * * (in a roof with a queen post) a compression member lying along the tie beam and separating the feet of the struts. * * * straining sill… …
7straining piece — (in a queen post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof. Also called straining beam. See diag. under queen post. [1795 1805] * * * …
8Straining — Strain Strain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straining}.] [OF. estraindre, estreindre, F. [ e]treindre, L. stringere to draw or bind tight; probably akin to Gr. ? a halter, ? that which is squeezwd out, a drop, or perhaps to E …
9straining sill — (in a roof with a queen post) a compression member lying along the tie beam and separating the feet of the struts. * * * …
10solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… …
