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ANCHORAGE
Provision of resistance to overturning. Resistance provided by foundations. (Anchor bolt mechanical link between structural frame and foundation.)
ANGLE
L shaped hot rolled or cold rolled section having equal or unequal legs (Hot Rolled Angles, see BS4848: Part 4).
ANTI-ATTACK VEHICLE BARRIERS
Designed to control or prevent vehicle access and to provide protection from explosive attack.
ARCH
Principal load carrying member curved in elevation. Resistance to applied loading, developed by axial thrust and bending. (Two pinned, three pinned, fixed.)
ASSEMBLY
Prefabricated frame forming a part, or the whole, of a structural frame system.
AXIAL
Relating to the longitudinal axis of a member - (axial load, axial tension, axial compression).
APEX
Highest point on a highest point on a pitched roof (crown, ridge).
ARC-AIR
Almost the reverse of welding - an electric arc is formed between work piece and the carbon electrode, and compressed air blasts away the molten metal.

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