Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 62
ater distributed load than it would support without bridging, forsuch is not the case, except in so far as it prevents the joists fromtwisting or buckling sideways. The principal benefit derived frombridging is in case of a concentrated load, such as the leg of a heavypiece of furniture, and also… … Fig. 33- Fig- 34- Mr. R. G. Hatfield found by testing a model floor, constructed one-eighth full size, that it required three times the load to produce thesame deflection in a bridge beam than it did when not bridged. 51. Framing a Projecting Corner.—It often happens, indwellings and tenement…
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