An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 426
... Cast and Wrought Iron to Building Purposes , edit . 1857-8 , p . 80 , notices that although the plate girder be inferior in strength to the box beam , it has nevertheless other valuable properties to recommend it . On comparing the ...
... Cast and Wrought Iron to Building Purposes , edit . 1857-8 , p . 80 , notices that although the plate girder be inferior in strength to the box beam , it has nevertheless other valuable properties to recommend it . On comparing the ...
Page 427
... cast iron girder is re- quired to give equal strength with one of wrought iron . A riveted plate girder is not always adaptable for general purposes . The new system consists in riveting plates to the top and B bottom flanges of rolled ...
... cast iron girder is re- quired to give equal strength with one of wrought iron . A riveted plate girder is not always adaptable for general purposes . The new system consists in riveting plates to the top and B bottom flanges of rolled ...
Page 428
... cast iron bars broke with half the statical breaking weight when subjected to continued repetitions of load . Subsequently Sir W. Fairbairn carried out an experiment on a riveted girder subjected to continual loading and unloading for a ...
... cast iron bars broke with half the statical breaking weight when subjected to continued repetitions of load . Subsequently Sir W. Fairbairn carried out an experiment on a riveted girder subjected to continual loading and unloading for a ...
Page 432
... cast iron girder , 27 feet long , 10 inches deep , and 4 inches broad across the flanges ; the rods were 1 inch diameter . When the ends of the rods were placed above the beam , it was found to be weaker than having no rod at all . When ...
... cast iron girder , 27 feet long , 10 inches deep , and 4 inches broad across the flanges ; the rods were 1 inch diameter . When the ends of the rods were placed above the beam , it was found to be weaker than having no rod at all . When ...
Page 433
... cast iron beam , to support a given strain in the direction of that diagonal , when the strain does not exceed the elastic force of the material ( Tredgold ) : ā V. When the beam is supported at the ends , and loaded in the middle , the ...
... cast iron beam , to support a given strain in the direction of that diagonal , when the strain does not exceed the elastic force of the material ( Tredgold ) : ā V. When the beam is supported at the ends , and loaded in the middle , the ...
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