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 451
) and that a train of lo-comotives weighing 3,000 lbs. per running foot of the trackcovers one half of the span. Uniformly * distributed later-ally over the width, 12 ft., this rate of loading is equiva-lent to a masonry load of one foot high and a heaviness of250 lbs. per cubic ft., i.e., is… … Fig. 390. Fig. 391. 357. Piers and Abutments.—In a series of equal archesthe pier between two consecutive arches bears simply theweight of the two adjacent semi-arches, plus the load im- * If the earth filling is sl.allcw, the IrminoR directly under the track prob*ftbly receive a greater pressure…
Mechanics, Applied · Strength of materials
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