Thorpe, William Henry · London, E. & F.N. Spon, limited; New York, Spon & Chamberlain · leaf 56
cing must be communicated to the abutments issufficiently great, considered with reference to other stressesin those parts which have also to be endured. Bracing stopped short in this way, making only thecentral part of a bridge rigid, may have the effect of increas-ing the forces to which the… … Pig. 27. 42 THE ANATOMY OF BRIDGEWORK. maintain ttat greater resistance being confined to the inter-mediate bays, the unbraced ends would be subject to greatermaximum forces than if bracing were wholly omitted. Thenet effect may still be better than with no bracing, the pointraised being simply…
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