Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 490
, andthis is in line with the results obtained when wheels of this type have beenspeeded to destruction experimentally. Their failure might result-in portionsof rim adjacent to the flanges, with perhaps a spoke or so, leaving the wheel.If this should happen without wrecking those parts of the rim… … Fig. 2. The Wrecked Engine Room. like a stretched hoop so long as it was unbroken, to the hub bolts. This wouldhave the effect of stressing these bolts far in excess of their ordinary workingload, and they might be expected to fail in tension, as these particular bolts evi-dently did, permitting…
Locomotives · Steam-boiler explosions
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