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Bridges
Of or pertaining to any structure that spans and so provides passage over rivers,roads etc
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abutment
Architecture; Bridges
That part of a pier from which an arch springs. A structure sustaining one end of a bridge span and at the same time supporting the embankment which carries the track or roadway.
abutting joint
Architecture; Bridges
A square joint confined to a single plane where the parts meet. In contra-distinction to a lap-joint where the splice is shingled.
acid bessemer steel
Architecture; Bridges
A metal produced by the decarburization of crude pig iron in a converter where finely divided air currents are blown through the molten mass. The lining of the converter is of a silicious material ...
acid open-hearth process
Architecture; Bridges
That process of producing steel from pig and scrap iron, in which the first step is to remove most of the silicon, manganese, and carbon from the molten mass. Just before tapping, spiegeleisen or an ...
activity of cement
Architecture; Bridges
The time required for a cement to pass from its initial set to its final or hard set as determined by the Vicat Needle.
adhesion
Architecture; Bridges
The force which holds together two bodies placed in close contact with each other.
adiabatic curve
Architecture; Bridges
A curve exhibiting the relation between the pressure and volume of a fluid upon the assumption that there is no transmission of heat during expansion or contraction.
