Editing Tie rod (section)

== Subtypes and examples of applications ==
* In [[airplane]] structures, tie rods are sometimes used in the fuselage or wings.
* Tie rods are often used in [[steel]] structures, such as [[bridge]]s, industrial buildings, [[tank]]s,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Office |first=United States Patent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ltF8AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2019 |title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office |date=1903 |publisher=U.S. Patent Office. |language=en}}</ref> [[tower]]s, and [[crane (machine)|crane]]s.
* Sometimes tie rods are retrofitted to bowing or subsiding masonry walls (brick, block, stone, etc.) to keep them from succumbing to lateral forces. The ends of the rods are secured by [[anchor plate]]s which may be visible from the outside.
* The [[rebar]] used in [[reinforced concrete]] is not referred to as a "tie rod", but it essentially performs some of the same tension-force-counteracting purposes that tie rods perform.
* In [[automobile]]s, the ''tie rods'' are part of the [[steering]] mechanism. They differ from the archetypal tie rod by both pushing and pulling (operating in both tension and compression). In the UK, these items are generally referred to as ''track rods''.
* In [[steam locomotive]]s, a ''tie rod'' is a rod that connects several [[driving wheel]]s to transmit the power from the [[connecting rod]].
* Tie rods known as ''sag rods'' are sometimes used in connection with [[purlin]]s to take the component of the loads which is parallel to the [[roof]].
* The [[spoke]]s of [[bicycle]] [[wheel]]s are tie rods.
*In ships, tie rods are bolts which keep the whole engine structure under compression. They provide for fatigue strength. They also provide for proper running gear alignment which prevents [[fretting]]. They help to reduce the bending stress being transmitted to the transverse girder.