Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 370
e AB, as shown in Fig. 272. It isevident that, if the truss were then loaded as shown by the diagram,the portions of the top chord on each side of this cut would pushagainst each other, and the portions of the bottom chord on eitherside would tend to pull apart, and the portions of the diagonal… … Fig. 273. the reaction of the portion of the truss on one side of the section AB,acting upon the portion on the other side along the lines of the differentmembers, which holds the truss in equilibrium. If therefore the por-tion of the truss to the right of AB is considered as taken away, and…
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