Cyclopedia of locomotive engineering, with examination questions and answers; a practical manual on the construction care and management of modern locomotives (1916)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co., pub. for Sears, Roebuck & co. · leaf 67
= Thickness of plate.C = Crushing resistance of plate and rivets.A = Sectional area of rivets.S = Shearing strength of rivets.D = Diameter of hole (also diameter of rivets when driven).P = Pitch of rivets.In the calculations that follow T.S. will be assumedto be 60,000 lbs., S will be taken at… … Figure 20 In case the rivets are staggered the same rules forcalculating the efficiency will hold as with chain rivet-ing, for the reason thatwith either style of riv-eting the unit strip ofplate has a width equalto the pitch or distance/, Fig. 20. The dimensions ofthe joint under consid-eration…
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