beam splice

beam splice

[′bēm ‚splīs]
(civil engineering)
A connection between two lengths of a beam or girder; may be shear or moment connections.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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