to greatest load is as 9: 1, when 40 tons is deducted for the weight of the bridge. * This diminution of strength doos not arise from any drficioncy in the areas ofthe top and bottom plates of the girder, but from a want of lateral stiffness in thesingle-plate construction as compared with that of…
Building, Iron and steel
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