Camber [kam-ber]

Camber

[kam-ber]
Camber may refer to a variety of curvatures and angles:

  • Camber angle in automobile technology
  • In the steel industry, the concavity of rolls. Hot rolling uses positive camber (concave rolls), while cold rolling uses negative camber (convex).
  • Camber (aerodynamics), the asymmetry between the top and bottom curves of an aerofoil
  • In road construction, the convex curvature of a road, see cant (road/rail)
  • In architecture and building construction, the upward curvature of a joist or joist girder, intended to compensate for deflection due to loading
  • In skiing, the curvature in the base of a ski
  • The curvature of a bow (music) used to play certain string instruments, or the curvature of the fingerboard
  • Camber is a measure of transversal deck curvature in naval architecture.

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