Van Nostrand's eclectic engineering magazine (1869)
[New York : D. Van Nostrand] · leaf 188
strains in the various find 2 acting away from apex a and there- members to a scale of 10 tons to an inch fore in tension, and E acting towards this and Fig. 5 (b) 20 tons to an inch ; the apex, and hence compressed. first for the load at the extremity alone, Pass now to apex c. We have the the… … gonal 1, and flange A, are in equilibrium; therefore by article (4) the force polygon must close. Drawing lines therefore from the ends of the line representing strains in A and 2 in equilibrium with B the weight 5 tons, parallel to these pieces and prolonging them to their intersec- and 3. [No…
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