Girt

Girt

:"For the town in Armenia, see Kard, Armenia."In architecture or structural engineering, a girt is a horizontal structural member in a framed wall. Girts resist lateral loads from wind and support wall cladding materials. Girts are supported by the columns and typically pass outside of one or more columns. The use of girts to support metal siding is common in pre-engineered metal building systems.

In metal building systems, girts are frequently constructed from cold-formed steel 'Z' sections in a manner similar to roof purlins. These sections can be lapped and nested at the supports which creates a continuous beam configuration between the bays. See also Girt Bar located on the 737 used to deploy the escape slide.

An equivalent element in roof construction is a purlin.

ee also

*Purlin


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  • Girt — Girt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girting}.] [From {Girt}, n., cf. {Girth}, v.] To gird; to encircle; to invest by means of a girdle; to measure the girth of; as, to girt a tree. [1913 Webster] We here create thee the first… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Girt — Girt, imp. & p. p. of {Gird}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Girt — Girt, a. (Naut.) Bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Girt — (g[ e]rt), n. Same as {Girth}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • girt — vurmağ: (Şamaxı) hərlənmək, gəzmək. – Bı gün aləmi girt vurmışam …   Azərbaycan dilinin dialektoloji lüğəti

  • girt — [gə:t US gə:rt] a past participle of ↑gird …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • girt — c.1400 as alternative form of GIRD (Cf. gird); also p.t. and pp. of gird …   Etymology dictionary

  • girt — see gird …   Modern English usage

  • girt — girt1 [gʉrt] vt. alt. pt. & pp. of GIRD1 girt2 [gʉrt] vt. [ME girten, var. of girden: see GIRD1] 1. to gird; girdle 2. to fasten with a girth …   English World dictionary

  • Girt — Gird Gird (g[ e]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girt}or {Girded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girding}.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. g[ u]rten, Icel. gyr[eth]a, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. biga[ i]rdan to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Girt up — Gird Gird (g[ e]rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Girt}or {Girded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Girding}.] [OE. girden, gurden, AS. gyrdan; akin to OS. gurdian, D. gorden, OHG. gurten, G. g[ u]rten, Icel. gyr[eth]a, Sw. gjorda, Dan. giorde, Goth. biga[ i]rdan to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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