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... direction - such is the stress produced by a load on a column or a weight hanging at the extremity of a chain or vertical suspending rod ; but , on the other hand , the strain may not act in the direc- tion of the sustaining framework ...
... direction - such is the stress produced by a load on a column or a weight hanging at the extremity of a chain or vertical suspending rod ; but , on the other hand , the strain may not act in the direc- tion of the sustaining framework ...
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... direction ; and , in like manner , a c is the perpendicular distance , or height of the point a above the point b ; that is , e a is the distance from b , measured perpendicularly . The rule to find the strain on the inclined bar will ...
... direction ; and , in like manner , a c is the perpendicular distance , or height of the point a above the point b ; that is , e a is the distance from b , measured perpendicularly . The rule to find the strain on the inclined bar will ...
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... direction of the force . To make the diagram , the bar is drawn in any convenient position , as a b , Fig . 1 ; a c is then drawn from the point of application , a , of the force , and b c is drawn from the end of the bar at right ...
... direction of the force . To make the diagram , the bar is drawn in any convenient position , as a b , Fig . 1 ; a c is then drawn from the point of application , a , of the force , and b c is drawn from the end of the bar at right ...
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... direction , hence it is necessary to have a general law applicable to all cases , and having regard to the direction of the force relatively to that of the bar upon which it brings a strain . Let the force w act upon a b in any ...
... direction , hence it is necessary to have a general law applicable to all cases , and having regard to the direction of the force relatively to that of the bar upon which it brings a strain . Let the force w act upon a b in any ...
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... direction of the strain . Draw a d in the direction of the strain and draw from c the line c d parallel to a b , and therefore at right angles to a d , ther c d will be the " horizontal distance , " referred to in the description of Fig ...
... direction of the strain . Draw a d in the direction of the strain and draw from c the line c d parallel to a b , and therefore at right angles to a d , ther c d will be the " horizontal distance , " referred to in the description of Fig ...
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angle iron angle-iron applied arch Architect ARCHITECTURE bolts bottom flange Bridge Builders calculated cantilever cast cast-iron centre cloth boards compression Construction cover plates Diagrams divide the product ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH elements equal Example.-Let feet distance feet span find the strain following rule force half hence HENRY LAW inch thick inclined bar joint plate King's College School lattice girder lattice-bar lineal foot load in tons load per lineal LUDGATE HILL material Mathematics Mechanic metal Mining multiply the load numerous Illustrations perpendicular distance pier pitch point of support Practical principal punched purlins quotient rafter Railway RALPH TATE rivet holes rivets roof Rudimentary Treatise S. P. WOODWARD SCOTT BURN sectional area shearing strain shown square foot Steam strength structure strut summit summit-load Surveyor Tables tension THOMAS TREDGOLD thrust Timber tion top flange total load truss uniformly distributed versine weight Woodcuts wrought-iron
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