Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 261
in the direction indicated by thenotation. The distance from 2 to 5 must represent the compressionin the mast. If we draw a horizontal line from 3 to the load lineat 4, then the distance 2—4 represents the vertical component of thestress in C and the distance 4—5, the vertical component of the… … Fig. 274. stress in the mast, plus the vertical component of b (1 — 4) or theamount of the load, plus 4 — 5 the vertical component of D. Thedistance 4 — 5 in this example measures 22 lbs., consequently thereaction P must be 122 lbs. In § 117 it was stated that the sum of the parallel forces acting…
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