Architectural engineering. With special reference to high building construction, including many examples of Chicago office buildings (1895)
Freitag, Joseph Kendall · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 173
AL ENGINEERING. The shear at the top-floor level will be ~ at each column. P h Then as before, Vt — -y-1. The tension in the brace cb is nearlyPt i P,H, There will be an equal amount of compression in the oppo-site brace. This suggests the use of knee-braces capableof resisting both compression and… … Fig. ioi.—Knee-bracing used in the Isabella Building. and by bolts. This bending moment will also exist at d. Phi At b there will be a bending moment My — VJ2 = 1 £ 2.This type of wind bracing was used in the Isabella WIND BRACING. 155 Building-, by W. L. B. Jenney, architect, as shown inFig. 101.…
Building, Iron and steel
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