What does i-beam mean?

Definitions for i-beam
ˈaɪˌbimi-beam

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. I-beamnoun

    girder having a cross section resembling the letter `I'

Wiktionary

  1. I-beamnoun

    A beam shaped like a capital letter I (with serifs top and bottom), used in construction.

  2. I-beamnoun

    A cursor shaped like the letter I, usually indicating the presence of editable text.

Wikipedia

  1. I-beam

    An I-beam, also known as H-beam (for universal column, UC), w-beam (for "wide flange"), universal beam (UB), rolled steel joist (RSJ), or double-T (especially in Polish, Bulgarian, Spanish, Italian and German), is a beam with an I or H-shaped cross-section. The horizontal elements of the I are flanges, and the vertical element is the "web". I-beams are usually made of structural steel and are used in construction and civil engineering. The web resists shear forces, while the flanges resist most of the bending moment experienced by the beam. The Euler–Bernoulli beam equation shows that the I-shaped section is a very efficient form for carrying both bending and shear loads in the plane of the web. On the other hand, the cross-section has a reduced capacity in the transverse direction, and is also inefficient in carrying torsion, for which hollow structural sections are often preferred.

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  1. i-beam

    An I-beam, also known as H-beam, W-beam or universal beam, is a structural member with a shape that resembles a capital 'I' or 'H'. It is typically made of steel, and its cross section comprises a broad horizontal "web" flanked by two parallel flanges at the top and bottom. This type of beam is used in the construction industry for building support and framework, as it has high capacities for resisting bending and shear forces.

Wikidata

  1. I-beam

    An I-beam, also known as H-beam, W-beam, Universal Beam, Rolled Steel Joist, or double-T, is a beam with an I- or H-shaped cross-section. The horizontal elements of the "I" are flanges, while the vertical element is termed the "web". The web resists shear forces, while the flanges resist most of the bending moment experienced by the beam. Beam theory shows that the I-shaped section is a very efficient form for carrying both bending and shear loads in the plane of the web. On the other hand, the cross-section has a reduced capacity in the transverse direction, and is also inefficient in carrying torsion, for which hollow structural sections are often preferred.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of i-beam in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of i-beam in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of i-beam in a Sentence

  1. Jim Carrey:

    At that time there was a beam that could catapult people to the stars, and that was ‘ The Tonight Show, ’ we all gathered around the heat of that. … If Johnny liked me it meant something to me, that I ’m not only good at what I do but he thinks I ’m intelligent and likes to talk to me.

  2. Robert Vallieres:

    A big beam came flying off of a truck and caught me in the temple area. I woke up in a medical hospital somewhere, a few days later, they sent me back to my unit and then I became really ill with an aneurysm on the verge of bursting in my heart.

  3. Martin Fischer:

    We use a black box, a laser, and a camera, the laser beam is expanded vertically to form a thin sheet of light, which we shine through slits on the left and right of the box.

  4. Alexis karpouzos:

    And this that we call life, it is no more than the opening and closing of a eye a crevice in the unborn through which there shone a beam of light. Perhaps we are only here to say, live in the mercy of the enkindles immensity.

  5. Alexander Hamilton:

    The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.

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