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 304
owed on pins in order to prevent the con-tinual motion from wearing the pin. In viaducts where the girders rest on the caps of the columns the girders expand by slid-ing on the column caps. Usually the longitudinal girders of elevated-railroad structures areallowed to expand on brackets built out… … Longitudinal TransverseVIEWS OF TOWER Fig. 308. columns a are fixed or anchored fast to the masonry while the bases of columns b areallowed to move in the direction of the arrows. In (2) the base of c is fixed and the bases ofcolumns d are allowed to expand in the direction of the arrows. In each…
