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A cantilever is a beam supported only at one end, with load carried over the overhanging. This is in contrast to a simply-supported beam, which is supported at both ends.<br />
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Cantilevers provide a clear space underneath the beam without any supporting columns or bracing.<br />
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Cantilevers became a popular structural form with the introduction of steel and reinforced concrete. They are used extensively in building construction, notably in:<br />
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* Cantilever bridges.<br />
* Overhanging elements and projections.<br />
* Balconies, such as at Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Falling water’.<br />
* Machinery and plant such as cranes.<br />
* Overhanging roofs such as stadium roofs, and shelters.<br />
* Shelving.<br />
* Furniture.<br />
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Cantilever construction can be used in bridge building for crossing large spans. A simple cantilever span is constructed from two cantilever arms extending from opposite sides, and meeting in the middle. A common variation of this is the suspended span where the cantilever arms support a central truss bridge resting on the ends of the cantilever arms. A classic example of the cantilever bridge is the Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland which has three cantilevers with two connecting suspended spans.<br />
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Cantilever cranes (otherwise known as 'hammerhead crane') are hoisting cranes with a swing or fixed cantilever along which a hoisting trolley moves. They are often used in shipyards and during the construction of tall buildings.<br />
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* Abutment.<br />
* Adaptive structures.<br />
* Arches.<br />
* Barrel vault.<br />
* Canopy.<br />
* Concrete v steel.<br />
* Conoid shell.<br />
* Engineer.<br />
* Folded plate construction.<br />
* Flying buttress.<br />
* Hyperbolic paraboloid.<br />
* Moment.<br />
* Pendentive dome.<br />
* Point of contraflexure.<br />
* Resonant column method.<br />
* Shell roof.<br />
* Structural engineer.<br />
* Structural systems for offices.<br />
* Substructure.<br />
* Superstructure.<br />
* Types of beam.<br />
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A cantilever is a beam supported only at one end, with load carried over the overhanging. This is in contrast to a simply-supported beam, which is supported at both ends.<br />
<br />
[[File:Cantilever.jpg|link=File:Cantilever.jpg]]<br />
<br />
Cantilevers provide a clear space underneath the beam without any supporting columns or bracing.<br />
<br />
Cantilevers became a popular structural form with the introduction of steel and reinforced concrete. They are used extensively in building construction, notably in:<br />
<br />
* Cantilever bridges.<br />
* Overhanging elements and projections.<br />
* Balconies, such as at Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Falling water’.<br />
* Machinery and plant such as cranes.<br />
* Overhanging roofs such as stadium roofs, and shelters.<br />
* Shelving.<br />
* Furniture.<br />
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Cantilever construction can be used in bridge building for crossing large spans. A simple cantilever span is constructed from two cantilever arms extending from opposite sides, and meeting in the middle. A common variation of this is the suspended span where the cantilever arms support a central truss bridge resting on the ends of the cantilever arms. A classic example of the cantilever bridge is the Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland which has three cantilevers with two connecting suspended spans.<br />
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Cantilever cranes (otherwise known as 'hammerhead crane') are hoisting cranes with a swing or fixed cantilever along which a hoisting trolley moves. They are often used in shipyards and during the construction of tall buildings.<br />
<br />
= Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki =<br />
<br />
* Abutment.<br />
* Adaptive structures.<br />
* Arches.<br />
* Barrel vault.<br />
* Canopy.<br />
* Concrete v steel.<br />
* Conoid shell.<br />
* Engineer.<br />
* Folded plate construction.<br />
* Flying buttress.<br />
* Hyperbolic paraboloid.<br />
* Moment.<br />
* Pendentive dome.<br />
* Point of contraflexure.<br />
* Resonant column method.<br />
* Shell roof.<br />
* Structural engineer.<br />
* Structural systems for offices.<br />
* Substructure.<br />
* Superstructure.<br />
* Types of beam.<br />
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