Modern American locomotive engines; their design, construction and management. A practical work for practical men (1883)
Edwards, Emory, b. 1841 · Bridgeport, Conn., Frederick Keppy · leaf 165
ame. The strength of a joint, like Fig. 34, through therivet holes, may be found by taking the length a, lessthe diameter of one hole multiplied by the number ofholes. This leaves the length of solid iron betweenthe holes, which, multiplied by the thickness and bythe strength of a sectional inch,… … Fig. 35. shown in Fig. 35, has 70 per cent, of the strength of the solid sheet, as ascertainedby Fairbairns experiments.From inspection, it will beseen that there is as muchmetal between the holes h^ c,and h, f, as there is betweenc^f. The metal between theholes is much greater thanin Fig. 34,…
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