Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 40
sile unit-stress, 9,550 pounds per square inch.* I Shearing unit-stress, 1,591 pounds per square inch. REACTIONS OF SUPPORTS. 28. Moment of a Force. By moment of a force with re-spect to a point is meant its tendency to produce rotation aboutthat point. Evidently the tendency depends on the… … STRENGTn OF MATERIALS 19 of a force with respect to a point equals tlie product of the forceand the p>erpendictdar distance from the force to the point. The point with respect to which the moment of one or moreforces is taken is called an origin or center of moment!^, and theperpendicular…
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