load-bearing frame

基本解释

Vertical or horizontal layout, full load-bearing steel frame design.
立式或臥式佈置，全承重鋼架設計。
The reinforcing material may be rebar, secured to a load-bearing frame of the building by a cleat (16) having pockets (12) for reception of the rebar ends.
所述加固材料可以是鋼筋，其通過具有插座（12）來容納鋼筋耑部的楔子（16）而固定於建築物的承重框架上。
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Based on the different roles of different rock stratums in roadway control, the actions of the key rock beam and the prestressed load-bearing frame were researched by numerical simulation.
根據不同層位巖層在巷道控制中的不同角色，採用數值模擬研究了巷道圍巖外層關鍵巖梁與內層預應力承載結搆的作用。

This frame was load-bearing, meaning that the steel skeleton would support the building's weight, not its walls.