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 443
ls) and that a train of lo-comotives weighing 3,000 lbs. per running foot of the trackcovers one half of the span. Uniformly distributed later-ally over the width, 12 ft., this rate of loading is equiva-lent to a masonry load of one foot high and a heaviness of250 lbs. per cubic ft., i.e., is… … Fig. 390. Fig. 391. 357. Piers and Abutments.—In a series of equal archesthe pier between two consecutive arches bears simply theweight of the two adjacent semi-arches, plus the load im- ARCHES OF MASONRY. 431 mediately above the pier, and .*. does not need to be aslarge as the abutment of the…
Mechanics, Applied · Engineering · Strength of materials
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