R CHORD. In nearly all of the cases investigated it was noted thatthe lower chord,with the exception of the two panels at each end,was composed of eye-bars, owing to the possibility of a reversalof stress in the lower chord,due to the sudden application of thebrakes on a moving train passing over… … 1 Fig. 6 Fig. 7
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