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 446
e sole-plate at an expansion point should rest on a bedplate, in order that the friction or resistance to the movement of the column at this point maybe as little as possible. The bed-plate must be made large enough and sufficiently stiff todistribute the pressure without exceeding the limiting… … MODERN FRAMED STRUCTURES. III. ELEVATED RAILROADS, 409. Characteristic Features.—-An elevated railroad differs from a trestle in beinglower, and in the fact that it usually occupies the streets of a city. Tlie height is the leastallowable for wagon traffic beneath it, and the provision for this…
