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Beam Knees

Beam Knees

Created OnAugust 4, 2018
byCapt. Angad S Cheema
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Triangular steel plates secured between beams or half-beams and the side frames. They tend to compensate for racking stresses and localised stresses from heavyweights.

Related:

  • Frames
  • Bulkheads
  • Deck
  • Beams
  • Grain capacity
  • Gusset Plates

By Capt. Angad S Cheema

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