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  2. Diagonal (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A diagonal is a line segment joining two non-adjacent vertices of a polygon or polyhedron. Diagonal may also refer to: A stand of basic scaffolding on a house construction site, with diagonal braces to maintain its structure. Diagonal brace, a beam used to brace a rectangular structure (such as scaffolding) to withstand strong forces pushing ...

  3. Cross bracing - Wikipedia

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    In construction, cross bracing is a system utilized to reinforce building structures in which diagonal supports intersect. Cross bracing is usually seen with two diagonal supports placed in an X-shaped manner. Under lateral force (such as wind or seismic activity) one brace will be under tension while the other is being compressed.

  4. Scaffolding - Wikipedia

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    Scaffolding for rehabilitation in Madrid, Spain [1] Scaffolding for renovation on the Virgin Mary statue, Santiago de Chile, Chile.. Scaffolding, also called scaffold or staging, [2] is a temporary structure used to support a work crew and materials to aid in the construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, bridges and all other human-made structures.

  5. Citicorp Center engineering crisis - Wikipedia

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    These braces are designed to distribute tension loads created by the wind from the upper stories down to the stilts. [19] [20] The long, multi-story diagonal braces had to be fabricated in sections and assembled on-site, requiring five joints in each brace. LeMessurier's original design for the chevron load braces used welded joints. To save ...

  6. Dwang - Wikipedia

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    Platform framing. In construction, a dwang (Scotland and New Zealand), [1] [2] [3] nogging piece, nogging, noggin or nog (England and Australia; all derived from brick nog), [4] [5] or blocking (North America), is a horizontal bracing piece used between wall studs to give rigidity to the wall frames of a building.

  7. Barbed wire - Wikipedia

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    Brace posts are placed in-line about 2.5 metres (8 ft) from the corner post. A horizontal compression brace connects the top of the two posts, and a diagonal wire connects the top of the brace post to the bottom of the corner post. This diagonal wire prevents the brace post from leaning, which in turn allows the horizontal brace to prevent the ...