Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 24
onthe bottom fibres being commonly termed, the fibre stress. 3. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIMPLEST FORM OF ATRUSS.—The simplest method of supporting a weight betweentwo supports (other than by a beam) is shown in Fig. 1. Here we have a single load, W, to be supported about half waybetween the sides of a… … Fig. 1. Pig. 2. Fig. It is also evident that the weight W will produce compressivestresses in each of the struts, C and D, which will act in the direc-tion indicated by the arrows. To keep the struts in position the ground or ledge must offer aresistance in the opposite direction equal to the…
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