We are using cookies
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
This website uses cookies in order to offer you the most relevant information. By browsing this website, you accept these cookies.
Did you know?
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
You can double click on a word to look it up on TermGallery.
Meanings of tension member in English
Russian
элемент натяжения Catalan
element de tensió Linear structural component designed to resist tension.
Synonyms
Examples for "tie"
Examples for "tie"
1
Union officials said the motion would tie their hands in future negotiations.
2
The government plans to tie them to specific capital projects, she said.
3
Obama's budget solution would be to tie those loans to market rates.
4
The French company is often mentioned as a potential Fiat tie-up partner.
5
SPCA chief scientific officer Arnja Dale said banning rope-and-tie events was necessary.
1
The strap is tightened to a point of providing pressure without pain.
2
I try to unlatch my safety strap and it won't come off.
3
We used to fuck around like that: Try a longer strap, John.
4
The single-strap closure and inner sock lining allowed for a great fit.
5
The man in the strap-chair obeyed the instruction with an absorbed attention.
1
Kerr came in and after a time began to talk about the fastenings for the main tie-beam.
2
Almost suddenly tie-beam and rafter knit themselves together into the stone, and the dark, dry, roomy place was closed in securely to this day.
3
All the floorboards had rotted or been ripped out, and they moved slowly along the tiled inlays, stepping warily from one concrete tie-beam to another.
4
Both are of very low pitch, with tie-beams supported by curved brackets.
5
There is a good deal of panel-work, and a splendid oak roof, with embattled tie-beams.
1
The tie rod caught the Doberman in the ribs and flung it ten feet back toward the house.
2
The Old Man pirouetted, gripped the tie rod in both hands, let the dog fly by him, and swung the metal bar upward.
3
Still holding the tie rod, the Old Man led the way around the house on blocks and went up to pound on the front door.
4
His 174th goal Monday tied Rod Brind'Amour for third on the Hurricanes' franchise list.
5
These tie rods have eyes at each end in which rods with wedge-shaped ends are inserted.
1
He shook his head doubtfully at the bridge-service train, which was backing out along the track before him with a load of eyebars and girders.
1
I watched them putting on the finishing touches and testing the guy-wires.
1
He could see the pillars and suspension cables of Chancery Bridge.
2
He had surveyed the Brooklyn Bridge to see if its suspension cables could be severed.
3
They had hung heavy nets along the suspension cables all the way out to the towers.
4
There were four suspension cables, each 10 in.
5
A cold wind blew round the suspension cables.
1
The acid could have gotten on the wire rope in one way only.
2
The propeller drive was obtained by means of a wire rope.
3
Another wire rope with a travelling carriage took out the links.
4
There were orders for rails, wire rope and sheets for boilers.
5
Beats all, girls nowadays seem to be made of wire rope.
1
When they surface, all equipment has to be in place with no twisted straps.
Usage of tension member in English
1
Thus in a wooden truss bridge the tension members are steel rods.
2
The shearing area of rivets in tension members was made 1½ times the useful section of plate in tension.
3
Nevertheless the tendency is to use riveted connexions in preference to pins, and in any case to use pins for tension members only.
4
In a Howe truss, the vertical tension members having their end connections near the bottom chord, would be equivalent to these shear members.
5
For tension members of bridges, steel of 65,000 to 75,000 pounds tenacity is usually specified; and for compression members, 80,000 to 90,000 pounds.