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Page 12
... gives ample working room for laying the wires into it . But the main advantage is derived from the fact that the tension in the wire is near- ly doubled , amounting to about three quarters of the maximum tension to which it ever will be ...
... gives ample working room for laying the wires into it . But the main advantage is derived from the fact that the tension in the wire is near- ly doubled , amounting to about three quarters of the maximum tension to which it ever will be ...
Page 13
... give motion to it . The traveling sheave with two wires are carried over by the rope . One wire , which is fasten- ed to the leg appears to stand still , while the other , which unwinds from the drum , runs with twice the speed of the ...
... give motion to it . The traveling sheave with two wires are carried over by the rope . One wire , which is fasten- ed to the leg appears to stand still , while the other , which unwinds from the drum , runs with twice the speed of the ...
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... give ground plan and rear view . In order to prevent its rear end from rising through the tendency of the strand to draw up- wards , a pin connects the two sides which straddle the bar . An important point in designing the leg is the ...
... give ground plan and rear view . In order to prevent its rear end from rising through the tendency of the strand to draw up- wards , a pin connects the two sides which straddle the bar . An important point in designing the leg is the ...
Page 28
... gives the second condition : √ B2 + 4a2 √ w2 + 4ƒ ° 2 2 Bq = _209 2a 2f q and q , signify the weight of the wire per unit of length in center and side span . The actual tension being of no importance , we assume q equal to 1 and q ...
... gives the second condition : √ B2 + 4a2 √ w2 + 4ƒ ° 2 2 Bq = _209 2a 2f q and q , signify the weight of the wire per unit of length in center and side span . The actual tension being of no importance , we assume q equal to 1 and q ...
Page 29
... our case are : l = 952.55 , h = 188.3 T = 2760.8 , which , if introduced , give : a = 188.48 B = 983.3 With the position of the vertex v , established through a and B , we are now able to express the lengths of the curve mg 29.
... our case are : l = 952.55 , h = 188.3 T = 2760.8 , which , if introduced , give : a = 188.48 B = 983.3 With the position of the vertex v , established through a and B , we are now able to express the lengths of the curve mg 29.
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adjusted anchor anchor bars anchorage ASITY attached Berkeley LIBRARY Brooklyn C. E. Illustrated calculation CALIFORN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY cloth connection consists cradle ropes curve deflection distance drum East River Bridge edition engravings equal equation fastened feet final position foot footbridge formula friction GILLMORE Guide Wire guidewire hence high water horizontal tension HYPSOMETRY land cable land span lashing latter length lithographed plates load manufacture masonry Messrs method morocco motion P₁ parabola placed pounds PRACTICAL TREATISE Prof regulated ring river span rollers rolling friction running wire saddle Scale screw shoe side spliced squeezer squeezing standing wire stays steam engine steel rope strain strand stretch suspended SUSPENSION BRIDGES tangent tion tons traveling rope traveling sheave U. S. Navy UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA values vertex W. H. CORFIELD weight wheel wire ropes wooden block wrapping machine wrapping wire Zerah Colburn