The apprentice, or First book for mechanics, machinists, and engineers (1860)
Byrne, Oliver · New York, P. J. Cozans · leaf 170
sanae appearance, the greatest deflection being PRACTICAL MECHANICS. 165 invariably at points near the abutments. This will be un-derstood by the statement, that the vertical strain is in-creased, as the distance from the centre, to the ends of thetrass ; at the centre the vertical strain is… … All bridges haying their chords parallel, exhibit thosame uniformity of action, and may be illustrated by refer-ence to Fig. 6 cr, in which A A, is the upper chord ; B B,tlie lower chord ; C, C, tension rods ; D, D, braces. 166 PRACTICAL MECHANICS. When a sufficient weight is applied co any truss…
Mechanics, Applied
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