Adams, Henry · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 157
or 1 tonper sq. ft. tension at inner edge. Among the common errors in this class of work are (1) joining thecentres of gravity of the wedge and wall for the direction of thrust. 142 THE MECHANICS OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION and setting off the weights in each direction from the centre of gravityof… … ^ /=/g. 43S ir/g. -^j^ the load on the base instead of its vertical component. The thrust ofthe earth does not increase the total load on the base, it only affects itsdistribution. Now to prove this mode of working, let 0 be the point in the lineof rupture at which a vertical through the centre of…
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