General

bearing stone

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A masonry unit in a wall that can support a load other than the units of which the wall is […]

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The pressure on a bearing, 2; the load on a bearing surface divided by its area.

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A steel slab which is placed under a beam, column, girder, or truss to distribute the end reaction from the

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A pile which carries a vertical load.

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See load-bearing partition.

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The length of a structural beam between its supports.

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The length of a beam between its bearing supports.

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1. The load per unit area that can be supported safely by the ground. 2. See pile bearing capacity. 3.

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A block which distributes a load on the surface beneath the block.