The theory and practice of modern framed structures : designed for the use of schools, and for engineers in professional practice (1897)
Johnson, J. B. (John Butler), 1850-1902, Bryan, C. W. (Charles Walter), 1863-1927, Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, 1886- · New York : J. Wiley & Sons · leaf 195
en introduced the distribution of the load must be deter- 172 MODERN FRAMED STRUCTURES. ■mined by the principle that it divides itself amongst the systems in direct proportion to theirrelative rigidity or inversely as their deflections. We will now find the deflection of any point of attachment of… … Fig. 218. up the stay to the tower, causing tensile stress in both the stay and the bottom chordof the truss to the right of B. Since the greatest proportion of the load at B will come uponthe stay when the cable deflects the most at this point, which will be when the bridge isfully loaded, we will…
