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... strain cannot exceed two and a half or three tons - it may be instructive to ex- amine the amount of loss thus ... strains the dead load is much over estimated , sometimes as much as fifteen or twenty per cent . Now , although ...
... strain cannot exceed two and a half or three tons - it may be instructive to ex- amine the amount of loss thus ... strains the dead load is much over estimated , sometimes as much as fifteen or twenty per cent . Now , although ...
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... strains to be greater than they ever can be , and after calculating from the data of these unattainable loads to throw in an excess of sectional area over that ascertained . It is not as if maximum loads were difficult to be determined ...
... strains to be greater than they ever can be , and after calculating from the data of these unattainable loads to throw in an excess of sectional area over that ascertained . It is not as if maximum loads were difficult to be determined ...
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... not called upon to bear strains of any magnitude . The quality of malleable iron depends upon the foreign bodies associated with it , hence in great mea- TO BUILDING STRUCTURES . 7 Cast and Wrought Iron and Steel CHAPTER.
... not called upon to bear strains of any magnitude . The quality of malleable iron depends upon the foreign bodies associated with it , hence in great mea- TO BUILDING STRUCTURES . 7 Cast and Wrought Iron and Steel CHAPTER.
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... strain is far greater than that of cast - iron , but the strength of the latter as opposed to compressive or crushing strain is superior to that of the former . The tensile resistances of the materials per square inch of sectional area ...
... strain is far greater than that of cast - iron , but the strength of the latter as opposed to compressive or crushing strain is superior to that of the former . The tensile resistances of the materials per square inch of sectional area ...
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... strain is allowed upon metal which shall exceed one - sixth part of its ultimate strength or breaking weight , although sound metal is not sup- posed to be injured until one - third of its breaking weight is reached , injury being shown ...
... strain is allowed upon metal which shall exceed one - sixth part of its ultimate strength or breaking weight , although sound metal is not sup- posed to be injured until one - third of its breaking weight is reached , injury being shown ...
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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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