Thorpe, William Henry · London, E. & F.N. Spon, limited; New York, Spon & Chamberlain · leaf 27
er; but withnarrow flanges possessing little lateral stiffness it might be asource of danger. The twisting may be limited in amount by introducinga cross-frame between, ihe girders, from which they arestiffened; by strutting the girders immediately from the flooritself, in which case they cannot… … Fig. 7. that under the joint effect of vertical loading and twisting,the stress in the flange shall at maximum loads be uniformacross the section, and allow it to remain straight. Thismay be secured by making the eccentricity of the flangesection equal to that of the loading, For instance, if the…
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