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Building dictionary for the letter F - Page 13
Flemish garden bond
A configuration of a header alternated with three stretchers.
Fleur-de-lis
The French royal lily adapted to ornamentation in late Gothic architecture.
Flexible conduit
See flexible metal conduit, flexible metallic hose, flexible nonmetallic tubing, and flexible seamless tubing.
Flexible connector
(1) In ductwork, an airtight connection of nonmetallic materials installed between ducts or between a duct and fan to isolate vibration and noise. (2) A connector in a piping system that reduces vibration along the pipes and compensates for misalignment. (3) An electrical connection that permits movement from expansion, contraction, vibration, and/or rotation.
Flexible coupling
A mechanical connection between rotating parts that adapts to misalignment, such as a universal joint.
Flexible metal conduit
A flexible raceway of circular cross section for pulling electric cables through.
Flexible metallic hose
Hose made from a continuous interlocking coil of metal with packing wound in the grooves, used for fluids at low pressure.
Flexible mounting
A flexible support for machinery to reduce vibration between the machinery, its foundation or slab. Flexible mountings are usually made of rubber, neoprene, steel springs, or a combination of these.
Flexible nonmetallic tubing (loom)
A flexible tubing with a smooth interior and a wall of nonconducting, fibrous material, used as a mechanical protection for electric conductors.
Flexible-metal roofing
Roof coverings of flat sheet metal, such as copper, galvanized iron, or aluminum.
Flexural rigidity
A measure of stiffness of a member, indicated by the product of the modulus of elasticity and moment of inertia divided by the length of the member.
Flexural strength
A property of a material or structural member that indicates its ability to resist failure in bending. See also modulus of rupture.
Flight
A run of steps without intermediate landings.
Flight header
A horizontal structural member used to support stair strings at a floor or platform.
Flight rise
The vertical distance between two levels connected by a flight of stairs.
Flight run
The horizontal distance between top and bottom risers in a flight of stairs.
Flitch
(1) A log, sawn on two or more sides, from which veneer is sliced. (2) Thin layers of veneer sliced from a cross section of a log, as opposed to turning the log on a lathe and peeling from the outer edge in a continuous ribbon. Flitch veneers are often kept in order as they are sliced from a log. This provides a pattern to the veneer after it is laid up in panels. Panels that are laid up with matching flitches are said to have a flitch pattern. (3) A product cut from a log by sawing on two sides and leaving two rounded sides, often used for joinery.
Float
(1) A tool (not a darby), usually of wood, aluminum, magnesium, rubber, or sponge, used in concrete or tile finishing operations to impart a relatively even but still open texture to an unformed fresh concrete surface. (2) To rest by a dozer blades own weight or to be held from digging by upward pressure of a load of dirt against its mould board. (3) A body floating on water, which opens a valve in a water tank when the water level falls. (4) A tool used to polish marble.
Float ball
See float (3).
Float coat
A finish coat of cement paste applied with a float.
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