On Some Common Errors in Iron Bridge Design |
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angle bars angle iron double arrangement beam bending moment bottom chord bracing buckling cantilever carry cent centre Charing Cross chord sections compression diagonals compression members connected continuous girders cross girders curve cylinder deck defective depth diagonal compression diameter end pillar Engineering equal example existing bridges existing structures eyebars fault feet span flat bars Footscray foundation Gippsland Railway girder seat horizontal IRON BRIDGE lattice girders length less load long column main girder Manchester Ship Canal massive material maximum mean fibre Melbourne metal midspan neutral axis ordinary panel points parapets plane point of support practice pressure primary stress radius of gyration Railway Bridge reduced redundancy represents rivet hole rivetted joint secondary stress sectional area shear shown in Fig side South Wales square foot square inch Street Bridge strength strut tension thin tons per square top chord triangulation usually Vertical stiffeners Viaduct Victoria Victorian Railway Warren girder weak width writer Yarra
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Page 29 - There are many more complicated forms of tension joint met with in girder work — to discuss which would occupy too much space here. Suffice it to say that the same general principles apply as in the simple cases.
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