| A | B |
|---|
| a strip of material placed horizontally to support a load | beam |
| a beam or structure that is supported at one end only. Ex. diving board, cantilever bridge | cantilever |
| the position in which something is placed. | orientation |
| n imaginary line along the center of a beam, halfway between the top and the bottom. | neutral axis |
| a part of a structure that supports another part or parts of the same structure | brace |
| It is shaped in a row of wave like ridges. | corrugated |
| a pillar used to support a load vertically. It is a beam placed vertically. | column |
| a curved structure like an upside down U, they are often used to support part of buildings, bridges, and other structures. | arch |
| A very big, thick beam | girder |
| a joint allows movement. Ex. door hinge, elbow joint, knee joint. | mobile joint |
| a large rounded shape, like a series of arches joined at the top. | dome |
| a very large, round column | pier |
| the place at which two or more pieces of a structure are joined together. | joint |
| a joint that does not allow movement. Ex. Leg to a chair | rigid joint |
| a dome made from the framework of many triangles. They are extremely strong, and they don’t need any extra supports to hold them up. | geodesic dome |
| A brace that is filled in like a wall. They are used to support an upright structure. | buttress |
| new kind of wooden panel, developed in Alberta. It is made from wood and resins. It gives added support just like a corrugated board. | wave board |
| are made from wave board placed between two “skins.” The skins keep the waves from spreading apart, and therefore the skins in stress instead of the waves being completely in stress. | stressed skin panel |
