Cable-making for Suspension Bridges: With Special Reference to the Cables of the East River Bridge |
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Page 13
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 19
... motion of the sad- dle towards the river , and to prevent the resultant of pressure from intersecting the tower base at foundation further outside its center than it naturally does owing to the difference of inclination of river and ...
... motion of the sad- dle towards the river , and to prevent the resultant of pressure from intersecting the tower base at foundation further outside its center than it naturally does owing to the difference of inclination of river and ...
Page 34
... motion of the driving wheel and working rope can by these means be reversed . A 3 feet pul- ley on the shaft of these bevel wheels receives its motion by an 8 inch belt from another horizontal shaft which runs along the front face of ...
... motion of the driving wheel and working rope can by these means be reversed . A 3 feet pul- ley on the shaft of these bevel wheels receives its motion by an 8 inch belt from another horizontal shaft which runs along the front face of ...
Page 35
... motion or stopped , without stopping the engine . The engine has a 12 inch cylinder with 24 inches stroke , carries from 60-75 lbs . of steam and makes about 70 revolutions per minute . This corresponds to a speed of 4 feet per second ...
... motion or stopped , without stopping the engine . The engine has a 12 inch cylinder with 24 inches stroke , carries from 60-75 lbs . of steam and makes about 70 revolutions per minute . This corresponds to a speed of 4 feet per second ...
Page 37
... motion of the work- ing rope is reversed . Other appliances in the service of stretching wire are the wire drums . There are altogether 32 drums , 8 for each cable , the chief object of which is to serve as reservoirs of wire ready for ...
... motion of the work- ing rope is reversed . Other appliances in the service of stretching wire are the wire drums . There are altogether 32 drums , 8 for each cable , the chief object of which is to serve as reservoirs of wire ready for ...
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Cable-Making for Suspension Bridges: With Special Reference to the Cables of ... Wilhelm Hildenbrand No preview available - 2018 |
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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