Rudiments of the art of building : represented in five sections [...] for the use of architects, builders, draghtsmen, machinists, engineers and mechanics (1853)
Bullock, John · New York : Stringer & Townsend · leaf 112
tbe infinitely thin ; if incapable of extension, the bottomones might be indefinitely reduced. If it offered equalresistance to tension and compression, the neutral axis wouldoccupy the centre of the. beam, and the top and bottomflanges would require to be of equal strength. We are indebted to Mr.… … :VV- *. * Experimental Researches on the Strength and other Properties of Cast Iron,8vo, 1846. Weale. 108 RUDIMENTS OF THE experiments is, that in cast-iron rectangular beams, theposition of the neutral axis at the time of fracture is at aboutone-seventh of the whole depth of the beam below its…
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