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Definition of Box girder
1. Noun. A beam built up from boards; has a hollow rectangular cross section.
Definition of Box girder
1. Noun. A steel beam with a hollow rectangular cross section; used for constructing bridges ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Box Girder
Literary usage of Box girder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Compound Riveted Girders: As Applied in the Construction of Buildings. With by William Harvey Birkmire (1893)
"Box-girder section with three flange plates I 5. box girder-section with three
webs I 6. ... Box-girder section with rivets in single shear 12 13. ..."
2. The Mechanics' Magazine (1858)
"This box-girder has in some cases two cast- iron portions or feet cast upon it.
Figs. 3 and 4 are a cross section and a plan of »n intermediate chair bolted ..."
3. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1891)
"... Example of box girder. Example 37.—Calculate and design a box plate girder to
act as a ... box girder."
4. The Theory of Strains in Girders and Similar Structures: With Observations by Bindon Blood Stoney (1873)
"Flanged girder—Single-webbed girder -Doable webbed or Tabular girder—Box
girder—Tubular bridge.— In the term Flanged girder are included not only iron ..."
5. Street Railways: Their Construction, Operation and Maintenance. (Trams) A by Charles Bryant Fairchild (1892)
"290 box girder Rail 291 Duplex Rail 291 High Girder Rails—Boston and Philadelphia
Types 292 box girder Rail in Macadam and Stone Pavements ..."
6. Shield and Compressed Air Tunneling by Bertram Henry Majendie Hewett, Sigvald Johannesson (1922)
"The width of the box-girder is determined by the length of the jacks, which when
inserted should have only the stuffing box of the cylinder extending ..."
7. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"The buck boom is a box-girder made up of plates and angle irons, and is 2 ft.
sq., weighing 6^j tons. The two Fm. 1.—Sellers 30-ton swinging crane. members ..."
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