Adams, Henry · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 180
thrust. The weight of each portion and a line through thecentre of gravity is next required ; these are to be considered as forcelines, and the spaces numbered as for ordinary reciprocal diagrams. LINE OF THRUST IN ARCHES 165 Then in the diagram, Fig. 483, take any pole, 0, set off the… … shown. The curved side of the funicular polygon gives the line ofthrust and the straight sides the direction of the two primary thrusts.Increasing the load does not alter the direction of the Una of thrust,but only the intensity of the thrust. If the distribution of the load isaltered, the shape of…
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