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81Steel design — Steel design, or more specifically, structural steel design, is an area of knowledge of structural engineering used to design steel structures. The structures can range from schools to homes to bridges. There are currently two schools of thought… …
82Discographie de Lightning Bolt — Cet article présente une discographie de Lightning Bolt qui se veut exhaustive. Hisham Bharoocha, qui faisait partie de la formation initiale, quitta le groupe en 1996 après n avoir publié qu un seul enregistrement officiel avec le groupe: le… …
83Curtain wall — For defensive curtain walls in medieval buildings, see Curtain wall (fortification). Glass curtain wall of the Bauhaus Dessau A curtain wall is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non structural, but merely keep out the… …
84Limit state design — (LSD) refers to a design methodology used in structural engineering. The methodology is in fact a modernization and rationalization of engineering knowledge which was well established prior to the adoption of LSD. Beyond the concept of a limit… …
85Cold formed steel — (CFS) is the common term for products made by rolling or pressing thin gauges of sheet steel into goods. Cold formed steel goods are created by the working of sheet steel using stamping, rolling, or presses to deform the sheet into a usable… …
86PowerVM — PowerVM, formerly known as Advanced Power Virtualization, or APV, is the virtualization feature first made available with POWER4 based pSeries computer servers from IBM and enhanced with the later release of POWER5 and POWER6 range of computers.… …
87Skyscraper design and construction — Skyscrapers are tall, internally supported structures where the majority of load bearing structure, outside of that providing structural support for dead load is specifically designed to provide for large free spaces between supporting elements… …
88Cable-stayed bridge — BridgeTypePix image title=The Rio Antirio bridge in Greece type name=Cable stayed bridge sibling names=None descendent names=Side spar cable stayed bridge, Self anchored suspension bridge, cantilever spar cable stayed bridge ancestor… …
89Tension member — Tension members are structural elements that are subjected to axial tensile forces. They are usually used in different types of structures. Examples of tension members are: bracing for buildings and bridges, truss members, and cables in suspended …
90bearing wall — any of the walls supporting a floor or the roof of a building. [1870 75] * * * or load bearing wall Wall that carries the load of floors and roof above in addition to its own weight. The traditional masonry bearing wall is thickened in proportion …
