Mechanics of engineering. Comprising statics and dynamics of solids: and the mechanics of the materials of constructions, or strength and elasticity of beams, columns, arches, shafts, etc (1888)
Church, Irving P[orter], 1851- [from old catalog] · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 399
sustain-ing a tensile strain. Above the voussoirs is usuallyplaced a load of some character, (e.q. a roadway,) whosepressure upon the voussoirs will be considered as vertical,only. This condition is not fully realized in practice,unless the load is of cut stone, with vertical and horizontaljoints… … 316. Linear Arches.—For purposes oftheoretical discussion the voussoirs ofFig. 327 may be considered to becomefig. 32r. infinitely small and infinite in number, thus forming a linear arch, while retaining the sameshapes, their depth ~| to the face being assumed constantthat it may not appear in the…
Mechanics, Applied · Engineering · Strength of materials
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