Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 304
s back at a slope), then the face-plate will have transverse stresses even at the top. The base-plateis held down by the pressure of the superimposed earth. Thebuttresses must transmit the bursting pressure on the face of the wallbackward and downward to the base-plate. The base-plate musttherefore… … < bDPQ Z -s < o w 2o - K -:}O 5 K .H q b-2 O VV) S 2 « z a & S D Oo ^ **^ b. 3 < ^ o c o 3 > o HH j MASONRY AND REINFORCED CONCRETE 239 an extended toe, as is frequently done with considerable economyand advantage, even that toe must be designed to withstand trans-verse bending at…
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