Flange (of a girder)

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7-2-295

The transverse plates of a girder, connected together by the web.


Note: The German term Gurt is used for timber beams of I-section, and in statics. The term Flansch is used for I-section steel beams.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)