Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 59
s of the joists aresupported on a wooden girder it is cheaper and stronger to let thejoists rest on top of the girder, but this often interferes with the head-room in the cellar and it permits of more settlement from shrinkagethan if a flush girder were used. If the joists are framed flush intothe… … Fig. 28. spike driven down through the top of the girder into the tenon.These proportions (which are in terms of the depth) give the great-est strength for both the beam and girder. Any cutting into a beamor girder should always be as near the centre line or neutral axis aspossible, as the nearer…
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