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The anatomy of bridgework (1906)

Thorpe, William Henry · London, E. & F.N. Spon, limited; New York, Spon & Chamberlain · leaf 154

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roaches one-eighth of thespan. As the exaggeration of curvature is made less pro-nounced, this error rapidly diminishes, till for a droop ofabout one-sixteenth the percentage is one-fourth part of thatabove given. This excess in the droop of curve may beamended by the following expression:— droop —… … STRESS DIAOHAU (uvl LOAD ONLY) Pigs. 77 and 78. 140 THE ANATOMY OF BRIDGEWORK. correct, which may be effected by the formula here given, tobe applied to each value of r, as first ascertained:— X ■ 0625 j = corrected plotting radius. If, however, the length of curve is made equal to thespan (the…

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