San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 164
the requirements of the Building Code the lateralforce per floor is greatest at the top floor, diminishinggradually toward the basement. Hence the maximumbending moment at the base of the pylon is 148,000ft. kips. Added to this is the fact that this momentacts either towards the north or south,… … Tensioning crew in action. Note method of talcing upelongation of bar with pin wrench. Split washer orshims at hand to slip into place when proper elonga-tion is obtained. View duringtensioningoperation atThird FloorLevel. Inspector at Ciiart is checlcing elongation of the Stressteel barsi. Note…
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