load-bearing

Examples of load-bearing in the following topics:

• Basic Load-Bearing Construction

  • A load-bearing wall is a wall that bears a load resting upon it by conducting its weight to the foundation of the structure.
  • A load-bearing wall is a wall that supports the weight of a load resting upon it by conducting its weight to the foundation of the structure.
  • In housing, load bearing walls are most common in the construction method known as 'platform framing'.
  • This means each load-bearing wall sits on a wall sill plate, which is the bottom horizontal member of the wall.
  • A load-bearing wall is a wall that supports the weight of a load resting upon it by conducting its weight to the foundation of the structure.

• Architecture in Assyria

  • Consisting of a stone foundation punctuated by seven gates, the fortress housed the emperor's palace and a ziggurat among massive load-bearing walls with regularly spaced towers.
  • As with Dur-Sharrukin, the palace of Ashurnasirpal II was surrounded by fortified load-bearing walls.

• Post-and-Lintel Construction

  • This architectural system has been used for centuries to support the weight of the structure located above the openings created by windows and doors in a bearing wall.
  • A lintel can be a load-bearing building component, a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item.

• Architecture in Mesopotamia

  • Existing ruins point to load-bearing architecture as the dominant form of building.
  • Because houses were load-bearing, doorways were often the only openings.
  • Where typical load-bearing walls are not strong enough to have many windows or doorways, round arches absorb more pressure, allowing for larger openings and improved airflow.

• Clinical Advances in Bone Repair

  • Osseointegration refers to the direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant.

• Tarsals, Metatarsals, and Phalanges (The Foot)

  • While sharing a similar underlying structure with the hand, the foot is visibly and structurally different to account for its greater load-bearing and locomotive duties, and reduced fine movements.

• Art of the Persian Empire

  • The gold rhyton below, which bears a stylized ram's head in relief, dates to the Achaemenid period.
  • The load-bearing tomb, pyramidal-roofed, sits atop a geometric mound that resembles a stepped pyramid of Pre-Dynastic Egypt.

• Fracture

  • The behavior of bones under tension and compression is important because it determines the load the bones can carry.
  • Bones are classified as weight-bearing structures such as columns in buildings and trees.
  • Weight-bearing structures have special features; columns in building have steel-reinforcing rods while trees and bones are fibrous.

• Back Injuries and Heavy Lifting

  • This area is susceptible because of its flexibility and the amount of body weight it regularly bears.
  • The lower back is the most vulnerable to injury due to its distance from the load handled by the hands.
  • Both the load and the weight of the upper torso create significant stress on the body structures at the low back, especially at the disc between the fifth lumbar and the first sacral vertebrae.
  • Other important factors include the degree of twisting of the torso, the size and shape of the object, and the distance the load is moved.

• Determining the true costs of a motor

  • A general assumption held by engineers and mechanics in many industries is that efficient motors are more expensive than their inefficient counterparts because heavier copper wire, thinner core laminations, higher-grade steel and higher-grade bearings cost more.
  • Equally as important is that contrary to what many people believe, most motors do not become more efficient when they are given less of a load to perform.
  • Most motors need to run at or near their designed power rating (usually 75%–100% of their full load rating) in order for them to operate at optimal efficiency.
  • Let's assume that electricity costs are $0.05 per kilowatt-hour, the motor in question will run 24 hours a day, seven days a week at full load, and that it's rated as 94% efficient.