avant-corps
That part of a building which projects prominently from the main mass, e.g., a pavilion.
That part of a building which projects prominently from the main mass, e.g., a pavilion.
A barrier that prevents loose material from sliding into the tracks or wheels of any type of excavation or digging
The maximum electric current delivered by the electric power system to a fault at a given point in a circuit.
A device attached to an elevator car, to a counterweight, or to the overhead dead-end rope-hitch support; automatically supports the
A secondary or extra lock that is surface-mounted on a door to provide additional security.
In a prestressed structural member, any reinforcement in addition to that whose function is prestressing.
Above a principal rafter, a second principal rafter, occasionally used in a large queenpost truss.
All dynamic loads other than the basic design loads which a building must sustain.