Practical Essay on the Strength of Cast Iron and Other Metals: Containing Practical Rules, Tables, and Examples, Founded on a Series of Experiments; with an Extensive Table of the Properties of Materials |
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Page 85
... height of the modulus found by this method was 8,530,000 feet ; * hence the weight of the modulus for a base of an inch square will be 29,000,000 lbs . M. Duleau has made some experiments on the flexure of steel bars when loaded in the ...
... height of the modulus found by this method was 8,530,000 feet ; * hence the weight of the modulus for a base of an inch square will be 29,000,000 lbs . M. Duleau has made some experiments on the flexure of steel bars when loaded in the ...
Page 86
... height of the modulus of elasticity of brass plate to be 4,940,000 feet , or 18,000,000 lbs . for its weight to a base of 1 square inch . For wire of inferior brass he found the height to be 4,700,000 feet . * As cast brass had not been ...
... height of the modulus of elasticity of brass plate to be 4,940,000 feet , or 18,000,000 lbs . for its weight to a base of 1 square inch . For wire of inferior brass he found the height to be 4,700,000 feet . * As cast brass had not been ...
Page 87
... modulus of elasticity according to this experiment is 8,930,000 lbs . for a base of an inch square . The specific gravity of the brass is 8.37 , whence we have 2,460,000 feet for the height of the modulus . B SECTION VII . OF THE ...
... modulus of elasticity according to this experiment is 8,930,000 lbs . for a base of an inch square . The specific gravity of the brass is 8.37 , whence we have 2,460,000 feet for the height of the modulus . B SECTION VII . OF THE ...
Page 90
... modulus of elasticity . * It is found by this ana- logy as the length of a substance is to the diminution of its ... height of the modulus of elasticity in feet , † M. ( v . ) * The term was first used by Dr. Young . Lectures on Nat ...
... modulus of elasticity . * It is found by this ana- logy as the length of a substance is to the diminution of its ... height of the modulus of elasticity in feet , † M. ( v . ) * The term was first used by Dr. Young . Lectures on Nat ...
Page 162
... inches long , and 1 square , W 1bdp . 12 and the deflexion of a beam by its own weight is α = X 5 € P 74 12 × 32 d2 f = 574 384 M d2 ( xiv . ) Where M is the height of the modulus of elasticity || in feet ( Equation v . , art . 105 ) ...
... inches long , and 1 square , W 1bdp . 12 and the deflexion of a beam by its own weight is α = X 5 € P 74 12 × 32 d2 f = 574 384 M d2 ( xiv . ) Where M is the height of the modulus of elasticity || in feet ( Equation v . , art . 105 ) ...
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Anthracite iron applied bar 1 foot beam is supported bear bottom flange bottom rib breadth breaking weight broke calculated Carron iron cast iron beams column compression crushing cube root cubic foot cylinder defl Deflex Depth of bar dimensions distance Ditto EATON HODGKINSON Edition elastic force engine equation experiments feet per second flexure force acts form of section fracture gray height of modulus hot blast inch square length in feet load mean middle modulus of elasticity modulus of resilience multiplied nearly neutral axis neutral line obtained permanent alteration pillars Plate pressure prism ratio rectangular Rennie resistance rule shaft solid Specific gravity specific resilience specimens square inch straining force strength of cast strength of materials Table tensile strength tons torsion transverse strength Tredgold uniform velocity vertical Weight Deflexion weight in lbs wrought iron
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