Raymond, William Galt, 1859-1926, Raymond, William Galt, 1859-1926. cre · New York, J. Wiley & sons, inc · leaf 50
, but is real,nevertheless. How far to go in the purchase of heavy rails is amatter of experience. The forces acting on rails are indeter-minate. The weights acting through the wheels of the rollingstock may be known, but the effect of the blow-Hke load suddenlyapphed, and the distribution of the… … Fig. I Fig. 2 weight, there is always 42 per cent of the metal in the head, 21per cent in the web, and 37 per cent in the flange. The basewidth always equals the height; the radii of the top and comersare constant, as is the fishing angle. THE LIFE OF RAILS 27
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