cross-beam

Since the initial 4-engine first-stage configuration happened to have an over-designed (i.e., typical for von Braun) cross-beam structure that could accommodate the thrust of an F-1 at its intersection, MSFC solved the back-heating problem by inserting the center F-1, whose exhaust essentially 'intercepted' the radiative thermal load from the other four engines.

First Briefing on Human Space Flight Review - NASA Watch 2009

Daley and Lugo slowly walk up on either side of the car, cross-beam the front seats.

Excerpt: Lush Life by Richard Price 2008

Daley and Lugo slowly walk up on either side of the car, cross-beam the front seats.

Books: “Lush Life” 2009

In his bruised arms he carries one end of the cross-beam, heavy as a ewe before milking.

Evan Eisenberg: Mary Christ (Part 7) 2008

The slab has here been replaced by a cross-beam, against which lean five or six shapeless fragments of knotty and petrified wood which resemble huge bones.

Les Miserables 2008

Just then a light flashed up at the end of the streets; a pine branch suspended from a cross-beam of iron was outlined against the white sky of the twilight.

Les Miserables 2008

Daley and Lugo slowly walk up on either side of the car, cross-beam the front seats.

'Lush Life' 2008

The cross-beam is to be bound so high that the rest of the body may be raised upon tip-toes.

On The Articulations 2007

It turned out to be one of those old-fashioned sofas with a great cross-beam at the bottom, that would have broken my back in no time if I could ever have got below it.

Reprinted Pieces 2007

That beacon was entirely cased in gold; beautiful gems stood at the corners of the earth, likewise there were five upon the cross-beam.

Archive 2007-09-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007