Vocabulary List. – to comprise – включать, заключать в себе, охватывать

– a beam – балансир

– a grid – решетка, сетка

– to comprise – включать, заключать в себе, охватывать

– to truss – связывать, укреплять

– a girder – балка, брус, перекладина

– a cluster – группа, блок

– a route – линия, курс, направление, маршрут

– to accrue – нарастать, накапливаться, увеличиваться

– tension – напряжение, натянутость

– to fabricate – изготавливать, производить

– to buckle – сгибать, гнуть

– in conjunction – вместе, сообща

– a chord – пояс фермы

– a lattice – решетка, решетчатая конструкция

– to expand – расширять, развивать

􀀉 Answer the following questions.

1. What is the main function of load-bearing structures?

2. How did the production technology development affect building structures?

3. The process of optimization of load-bearing structures resulted in material savings, didn’t it?

4. Does the roof structure depend on the load-bearing structure?

5. Was it possible to construct the hall without expansion joints and additional diagonal bracing in the production

areas?

􀀉 Find the English equivalents in the text.

Задумывать; основные и второстепенные балки; многоугольный; в течение; вес; другими словами;

вычислять; экономия материала; четкий; продольное направление; поддерживать; нагрузка.

􀀉 Give antonyms.

Initially, a top, to abandon, individual, narrow, vertical, additional, a floor.

􀀉 True or false?

1. Each of the roof modules was to be borne by two hinged columns.

2. The roof structure comprised a system of primary and secondary beams.

3. To optimize the load-bearing structure, the layouts for the mechanical services and the production technology

were superimposed on the structural plans.

4. Elements subject solely to tension stresses were fabricated from cuprum plates.