Mechanics of engineering (solids) : comprising statics and kinetics of solids, and the mechanics of the materials of construction, or strength and elasticity of beams, columns, shafts, arches, etc. : for use in technical schools (1911)
Church, Irving P. (Irving Porter), 1851-1931 · New York : Wiley ; London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 407
ustain-ing a tensile strain. Above the voussoirs is usuallyplaced a load of some character, (e.q. a roadway,) whosepressure upon the voussoirs will be considered as vertical,only. This condition is not fully realized in practice,unless the load is of cut stone, with vertical and horizontaljoints… … 316. linear Arches.—For purposes oftheoretical discussion the voussoirs ofFig. 327 may be considered to becomeF,o 327 infinitely small and infinite in number, thus forming a linear arch, while retaining the sameshapes, their depth ~] to the face being assumed constantthat it may not appear in the…
Mechanics, Applied · Strength of materials
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