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... shearing , and torsion or twisting strain . The two first are direct , and the third may be resolved into them . Shearing force tends to cut or shear off some portion of material , such for instance as the head of a rivet . Twisting ...
... shearing , and torsion or twisting strain . The two first are direct , and the third may be resolved into them . Shearing force tends to cut or shear off some portion of material , such for instance as the head of a rivet . Twisting ...
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... shearing strain acting vertically , and the amount of this strain will in the foregoing cases be evidently found by the following rules : - RULE ( 11 ) . The shearing strain on the web of a cantilever sup- porting a weight at its ...
... shearing strain acting vertically , and the amount of this strain will in the foregoing cases be evidently found by the following rules : - RULE ( 11 ) . The shearing strain on the web of a cantilever sup- porting a weight at its ...
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... shearing force required . RULE ( 15 ) . In the web of a beam carrying a concentrated load not in the centre of span , the shearing force throughout on one side of the load will be found by multiplying the load by its distance in feet ...
... shearing force required . RULE ( 15 ) . In the web of a beam carrying a concentrated load not in the centre of span , the shearing force throughout on one side of the load will be found by multiplying the load by its distance in feet ...
Page 85
... shearing , sometimes shearing strain only being upon them , and sometimes both strains . If there is a tensile pull in the direction of the length of the bolt or rivet , its sectional area must be proportioned to bear such pull ...
... shearing , sometimes shearing strain only being upon them , and sometimes both strains . If there is a tensile pull in the direction of the length of the bolt or rivet , its sectional area must be proportioned to bear such pull ...
Page 88
... shearing strain of 5 tons to the square inch of sectional area , hence as the iron of the bar is assumed to be capable of sustaining the same strain per square inch in tension , the area to be sheared in fracture must not be less than ...
... shearing strain of 5 tons to the square inch of sectional area , hence as the iron of the bar is assumed to be capable of sustaining the same strain per square inch in tension , the area to be sheared in fracture must not be less than ...
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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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