A course on the stresses in bridge and roof trusses, arched ribs and suspension bridges (1904)
Burr, William H. (William Hubert), 1861-1934 · New York : Wiley · leaf 27
of a truss subjected to the actionof external loading occurring in the practice of the engineeris a simple truss fixed at one end, and is the case with onearm of a swing-bridge when open and subjected to its ownweight as load. Now, in all cases of actual trusses, the load will be sup-posed divided… … Fig. I. In the figure, let the truss be fixed at AB, and let W and OVERHANGING TRUSS. W be the panel loads on the upper and lower chords respec-tively, except at the extremity P of the upper chord, whereh W will rest. Let a represent the angle QPR, and a theangle SQT\ the line PR is vertical, and…
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