Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 249
to the four type sketches, lettered A, B, C,and D will show that if the wheel is cast solid, the rim stress is 812 lbs. persq. in., or if it is cast in halves with a link joint, the stress may be assumedat 1375 lbs./sq. in. A sectional wheel with flange joints at the arms wouldbe considered as if… … A word of explanation isnecessary in this connection aswe must not be misled by-stress calculations of this sort.When a wheel is cast in onepiece with solid rim, type A,the effect of centrifugal forceupon the particles of rim ma-terial is equivalent to an out-wardly directed radial pressure,evenly…
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