Adams, Henry · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 230
t G, making angle EFG = 45°, then join GF torepresent the elevation of the guy rope. As the load to be lifted is1 ton, or allowing for surging, say 1-5 ton, set off a parallelogram STRESSES IX DERRICK POLE AND GUYS 215 from point F as shown, from which it will be seen that a stress of 06oton must… … must be resolved into an equivalent force in each leg. This is done byparallelogram as shown at G, where it is found that the thrust in eachleg amounts to 103 ton. In addition to this thrust it has a crossstrain due to its own weight, which will be appreciable owing to the 216 THE MECHANICS OF…
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