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<p>A <b>beam</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=structural_element">structural element</a> designed to carry <a href="page.php?w=Structural_load">loads</a> perpendicular to its long (or "horizontal") axis.  This contrasts with a <a href="page.php?w=strut">strut</a> or <a href="page.php?w=column">column</a>, which bears its load perpendicular to its short (or "vertical") axis. A beam's mode of <a href="page.php?w=Deflection_%28engineering%29">deflection</a> is primarily by <a href="page.php?w=bending">bending</a>, as loads produce <a href="page.php?w=reaction_force">reaction force</a>s</p><p>
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