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What Is A Camber?

A camber refers to a slight upward curve or arch in a structural element like a beam, truss, or arch. It is used in construction to add extra support over long spans and counteract deflection from heavy loads. Stone, wood, and steel can all be cambered through various machining processes. A positive camber arches upward as desired, while a negative camber indicates potential issues with sagging or deterioration in the structure.

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What Is A Camber?

A camber refers to a slight upward curve or arch in a structural element like a beam, truss, or arch. It is used in construction to add extra support over long spans and counteract deflection from heavy loads. Stone, wood, and steel can all be cambered through various machining processes. A positive camber arches upward as desired, while a negative camber indicates potential issues with sagging or deterioration in the structure.

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What Is A Camber?

To camber means to slightly curve or bend. The word camber is typically used in
describing a type of arch, truss or beam. In construction, there are many different
types of arches and beams. What distinguishes a camber is its slight curve
upward. Cambers are used in windows, doorways and interior structural devices
such as trusses and arches. The term camber dates from the early 1600s and is
French and Latin in origin.

What Is A Camber Used For?


A camber adds extra structural support to a wide span or space. Camber is used
in long spans with the purpose of counteracting deflection due to load. Camber is
used in bridge construction as well as buildings, churches and decks because
calculations can be made to offset particularly heavy loads of weight, thereby
dictating the actual upward curve or camber to be used.

What Construction Materials Can Be Cambered?


Stone, wood and steel can be cambered, or arched. Sometimes timber has a
natural camber, but a slight camber can also be added in milling wood.
Cambering in milled beams happens between a 3500-degree radius and zero.
Stone is usually placed piece by piece into a camber, with the upward most point
of the camber referred to as the keystone. A cambered steel beam or arch is
machined per required tolerances.

Machining Steel Camber Beams


Cambering a steel beam involves elongating one side of the beam more than the
other. It is referred to as deviating from the straightness of the edge. ASTM
International, originally called The American Society for Testing and Materials, has
standards that define the maximum allowable tolerance for the deviation required
in cambering. Tolerance is stated as inches allowable per feet.

Positive Or Negative Camber?


A positive camber arches upward. This is what is typically desired in construction.
A negative camber sags. This can indicate a problem--wear and tear, deterioration
or deliberate destructive manipulation--to a structure. Sagging is sometimes
referred to as negative camber.

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