Adams, Henry · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 187
X 3^ 65-253 172 THE MECHANICS OP BUILDING CONSTRUCTION that is, 58 cwt. per sq. ft. compression and lib cwt. per sq. ft. tension.If no tension can be allowed the formula to be used for maximum com-pression will be K = |5 = ! X ^^ = 65-25 cwt. per sq. ft., or say 85 tons, which is quite safe. An… … /^,gf 43a due to an external load on the one arch while the adjoining arch hasonly the structural load to carry. In the case of failure of one archfrom any cause, the whole thrust from the adjoining arches would over-throw the piers, and the failure would spread the whole length of theviaduct…
Building · Structural analysis (Engineering)
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