Architectural engineering. With special reference to high building construction, including many examples of Chicago office buildings (1895)
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ings as it does, to topple over all ofthe columns of a story. The column connection describedis not stiff enough to prevent a slight movement, which canbe prevented by wind bracing only ; and even with windbracing, it introduces a weakness of the column at thefloor level, which the writer believes… … Fig. 103. or each column breaking joints with its neighbor. The next step was to discard the bed-plates entirely, usingvertical connection-plates for all column splices. Fig. 103 WIND BRACING. I 59 shows a column splice with connections for the floor-girders and wind bracing, used in the new Pabst…
Building, Iron and steel
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