A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 360
ig. (See Key, C.) STABLE resistances, or stresses, exerted at the joints ofthe ])iece. 3. That the forces exerted upon each of theparts into which the pieces of a structure canlie conceived to be divided shall balanc(> eachother. That is the stress exerted at the idealsurface of division between… … m^^sM -I k-^^ STABILITY. As applied to structures, theproperty of remaining in equilibrium withoutchange of position, although the externally ajvplied force may deviate to a certain extent itsmean amount or position. The conditions ofeipiililirium of a structure are these : — 1. That the forces…
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