Merriman, Mansfield, 1848-1925, Jacoby, Henry Sylvester, b. 1857 · New York Wiley · leaf 183
to span. Art. 6^. Live Loads for Maximum Stresses. To determine what panel points must be loaded with the live,load to cause the greatest tension or compression in any mem-ber, it is necessary to investigate the influence of a single con-centrated load in different positions. If for the truss shown… … Fig. 8g. upper panel point 3. Let a line be drawn joining this panelpoint with the hinge a and extended to meet the reaction locus,which passes through the hinges b and c, at the point Zg. Ifany vertical load P be placed so that its line of action passesthrough /g it will produce no stress in Zg…
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