Thorpe, William Henry · London, E. & F.N. Spon, limited; New York, Spon & Chamberlain · leaf 67
deep, supporting hog-backed trough longitudinals.The cross-girders were at theirends but 6f inches deep, thedistance from the bearing ofcross-girders to centre of longi-tudinals carrying a rail being2 feet 10 inches, in whichlength were eight rivets in theweb and angles at the top, andsix at the… … RIVETED CONNECTIONS. S3 shear stress becomes 9*7 tons, and the bearing pressure27 4 tons, per square inch. Care was exercised in com-puting these stresses, that part of the bending momentcarried by the web being allowed for, but it must be admittedthat the result is, probably, approximate only. The…
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