Tubular and Other Iron Girder Bridges: Particularly Describing the Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges ... |
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... resist vertical pressure only , while the abutments of arch bridges have to resist the lateral thrust of the arch . In the cast - iron girder bridge , moreover , the depth of the struc- ture is reduced to that of the section of material ...
... resist vertical pressure only , while the abutments of arch bridges have to resist the lateral thrust of the arch . In the cast - iron girder bridge , moreover , the depth of the struc- ture is reduced to that of the section of material ...
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... resist extension , which wrought iron is well known to possess . Malleable - iron bars or rods were , for this purpose , fitted to cast - iron girders , and thus a kind of metal trussing was formed , the depth of the truss being limited ...
... resist extension , which wrought iron is well known to possess . Malleable - iron bars or rods were , for this purpose , fitted to cast - iron girders , and thus a kind of metal trussing was formed , the depth of the truss being limited ...
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... resist a direct tearing strain is , if single - riveted , only 60 per cent . of the strength of the plate ; and , if double - riveted , 75 per cent . In the plates of the ' Grappler , ' the edges are thickened in the proportion of about ...
... resist a direct tearing strain is , if single - riveted , only 60 per cent . of the strength of the plate ; and , if double - riveted , 75 per cent . In the plates of the ' Grappler , ' the edges are thickened in the proportion of about ...
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... resist compression than extension , it became desirable to increase the strength of the upper part of girders constructed of this material , and the formation of a separate compartment or cell was adopted to obtain this superior ...
... resist compression than extension , it became desirable to increase the strength of the upper part of girders constructed of this material , and the formation of a separate compartment or cell was adopted to obtain this superior ...
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... resist their loads by the compound or counteractive power of the tensile and compressing forces exerted by their ... resisting the extending and compressing action of the load . This force varies , -1st , according to the vertical ...
... resist their loads by the compound or counteractive power of the tensile and compressing forces exerted by their ... resisting the extending and compressing action of the load . This force varies , -1st , according to the vertical ...
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abutments Anglesea applied arch Architect ARCHITECTURE bar iron bars beam bolted bottom plates breaking weight Britannia Bridge Britannia Tubular Bridges Builders C.E. Illustrated cast cast-iron cast-iron girders centre chains cloth boards cohesive power compression connected construction Conway cylinder deflection depth diagonal diameter dimensions ditto Edition erected experiments Fairbairn feet 6 inches fixed flange frames girder bridge HENRY LAW Holyhead horizontal improvements inch thick inches inches wide joints load LOCKWOOD longitudinal LUDGATE HILL main tubes malleable iron masonry material Mathematics Mechanical Menai Menai Straits Messrs metal Mining numerous Illustrations Outfall Sewer patent piers Practical Principles railway RALPH TATE rectangular resist revised and enlarged ribs rivets roadway Rudimentary Treatise Science SCOTT BURN side plates span spandrils square inch Steam Stephenson straits strength structure Surveyor suspension bridge T-iron Tables tical Timber tion tons top and bottom transverse vertical volume width Woodcuts wrought wrought-iron
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