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
r shearing or de-tensive strength. The rivet area strength should bekept as nearly equal as possible to the strength ofsheet between the holes. Thestrength of the sheet to resistcrushing is represented by Fig.36. It is plain that if the rivetdoes not shear, nor the sheetrupture between the holes,… … Fig. 36. STRENGTH OF BOILERS. 155 plus the equal area, c, c, and the whole multiplied bythe detensive strength of the sheet, which is about50,000 pounds per square inch. In designing a joint,the piece a, Fig. 36, the shearing strength of the rivetsand the strength between the holes should be as…
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