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... LOADS . BY PROF . W. ALLEN , Author of Theory of Arches . " With Illustrations . 66 No. 20. - BRIDGE AND TUNNEL CENTRES . By JOHN B. MCMASTERS , C. E. Illustrations . No. 21. - SAFETY VALVES . With By RICHARD H. BUEL , C. E. With ...
... LOADS . BY PROF . W. ALLEN , Author of Theory of Arches . " With Illustrations . 66 No. 20. - BRIDGE AND TUNNEL CENTRES . By JOHN B. MCMASTERS , C. E. Illustrations . No. 21. - SAFETY VALVES . With By RICHARD H. BUEL , C. E. With ...
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... load coming on one footbridge cable is 62123 lbs . creating a tension of 86 tons . This is resisted by the aggregate strength of the 2ğ " and 12 inch rope amounting to 318 tons ; hence the margin of safety is 3.7 times . All the ropes ...
... load coming on one footbridge cable is 62123 lbs . creating a tension of 86 tons . This is resisted by the aggregate strength of the 2ğ " and 12 inch rope amounting to 318 tons ; hence the margin of safety is 3.7 times . All the ropes ...
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... load was on ( a foot more than anticipated ) . This amounts to a stretch of 2.26 feet in the whole rope , or to 1100 of the length , per square inch of section , per ton of strain . The erection of all these structures was a difficult ...
... load was on ( a foot more than anticipated ) . This amounts to a stretch of 2.26 feet in the whole rope , or to 1100 of the length , per square inch of section , per ton of strain . The erection of all these structures was a difficult ...
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... load of the footbridge and cradle ropes which were too heavy for the working rope . This carrier was hoisted up from out the water after the first method . The foot- bridge and cradle ropes were put in place in the following manner ...
... load of the footbridge and cradle ropes which were too heavy for the working rope . This carrier was hoisted up from out the water after the first method . The foot- bridge and cradle ropes were put in place in the following manner ...
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... load , effecting a rise at these places and a depression of the central portion . 3. The inclination of the resultant of pressure towards the river causes a motion of saddles in the same direction , until equilibrium is established ...
... load , effecting a rise at these places and a depression of the central portion . 3. The inclination of the resultant of pressure towards the river causes a motion of saddles in the same direction , until equilibrium is established ...
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Cable-Making for Suspension Bridges: With Special Reference to the Cables of ... Wilhelm Hildenbrand No preview available - 2018 |
Cable-Making for Suspension Bridges: With Special Reference to the Cables of ... Wilhelm Hildenbrand No preview available - 2014 |
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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