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... pound than one formed of straight wires . Secondly , the bulk of the former will exceed the latter by forty per cent . , offering therewith so much more surface to the wind and to the cor- roding action of the atmosphere . This is very ...
... pound than one formed of straight wires . Secondly , the bulk of the former will exceed the latter by forty per cent . , offering therewith so much more surface to the wind and to the cor- roding action of the atmosphere . This is very ...
Page 88
... pounds is increased to 1600 pounds . The amount of stretch for each of these increments shall be the same , and the total stretch between the initial and ter- minal strain shall not be less than 97 1000 194 of one foot equal to 100000 ...
... pounds is increased to 1600 pounds . The amount of stretch for each of these increments shall be the same , and the total stretch between the initial and ter- minal strain shall not be less than 97 1000 194 of one foot equal to 100000 ...
Page 91
... pounds , hence is insufficient for wire ex- ceeding 3400 pounds . Experiments made with different kinds of splicing gave the preference to a screw - coupling , which by the smallest bulk had the greatest percentage of strength , and ...
... pounds , hence is insufficient for wire ex- ceeding 3400 pounds . Experiments made with different kinds of splicing gave the preference to a screw - coupling , which by the smallest bulk had the greatest percentage of strength , and ...
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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 |
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