A guy-wire, guy-line, guy-rope, down guy, or stay, also called simply a guy, is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a freestanding structure...
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Look up Guy or guy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Guy or GUY may refer to: Guy (given name) Guy (surname) That Guy (...), the New Zealand street...
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ground. Each guy was fixed on a separate anchor block at the ground and was 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in diameter. To prevent the guy wires from interfering...
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could not be demolished all at once. A guy-wire anchor to the right. Upper portion of the mast, and guy wires. Pinnacle of the mast. Base and surrounding...
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not be supported by guy wires, the sea or other types of auxiliary support. It therefore does not include guyed masts, partially guyed towers and drilling...
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most wire ropes begin at a 6.4 mm (1⁄4 in) diameter. Static wire ropes are used to support structures such as suspension bridges or as guy wires to support...
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The WLBT Tower was a 610-metre-high (2,000 ft) guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and TV-programs in Raymond, Mississippi, United...
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tower had to be taken down in August 1966 after a small aircraft struck a guy wire during dense fog, killing both occupants of the aircraft. The existing...
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as well. Mayne, Richard (2018-10-24). The Language of Sailing. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-96558-7. Guy-wire Aeronautical wire bracing Stays (nautical)...
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structure in South Asia; the second tallest structure in South Asia after the guy-wire-supported INS Kattabomman in India; the 11th tallest tower in Asia and...
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of about one mile (1.6 km) A guy-wire anchor Detail of the tower, showing its network of guy-wires Some of the guy-wires that support the tower (with...
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guy wire crossings. On 19 March 1969, a combination of strong winds and the weight of ice that had formed around the top of the mast and on the guy wires...
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post Turnbuckles on a support for a boat jetty Buffers and chain coupler Guy-wire Mechanical joint "Special Hardware You Should Know About". Popular Science...
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to reinforce building structures in which diagonal supports intersect Guy-wire, a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a free-standing structure...
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in a deformation where the tie rods maintain their conjugate relations. Guy-wire Tie (engineering) Office, United States Patent (1903). Official Gazette...
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Derrick (redirect from Guy derrick)
with single tower or mast supported by four guy wires (two side guys, a fore guy and a rear guy). Its guys are so arranged from its top as to permit leaning...
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must not be supported by guy wires, the sea or other types of support. It therefore does not include guyed masts, partially guyed towers and drilling platforms...
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Oklahoma (also known as KWTV Mast) was a 480.5 metre (1,576 ft) high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of two television stations in Oklahoma...
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office work, and which is self-supporting or free-standing, meaning no guy-wires for support." This definition excludes continuously habitable buildings...
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A tie, strap, tie rod, eyebar, guy-wire, suspension cables, or wire ropes, are examples of linear structural components designed to resist tension. It...
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proper. The muscles can be compared to guy-wires supporting a flagpole; tension from these muscular guy-wires must be provided in all directions to maintain...
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Compression members- compressive loads Ties, Tie rods, eyebars, guy-wires, suspension cables, or wire ropes - tension loads Surface elements: membrane - in-plane...
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newer concept for electrical transmission towers. They usually have a guy-wire or support beam to help support the "Y" shape in the tower. Christmas-tree-shaped...
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must not be supported by guy wires, the sea or other types of support. It therefore does not include guyed masts, partially guyed towers and drilling platforms...
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by stays or guy-wires. A mast is a guyed mast, a thin structure without the shear strength to stand unsupported, that uses attached guy lines for stability...
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needed to put strobe lights on the tower and highly reflective balls on the guy wire. KFI and Clear Channel Communications management responded by saying the...
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by shrouds and stays - nautical equivalents of guy wires The Sendeturm Jauerling is a partially guyed 141 meter tower built in 1958, consisting of a 35-metre-high...
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List of tallest structures (category Guyed masts)
Buildings and Urban Habitat definitions. Guyed masts are differentiated from towers – the latter not featuring any guy wires or other support structures; and...
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radial wires can also support the mast as guy wires. The radial wires make the antenna look like the wire frame of a giant umbrella (without the cloth)...
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significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures...
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