A Complete Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridge Construction: Including Iron Foundations. In Three Parts: Theoretical, Practical and Descriptive, Volume 1Lockwood, 1870 - Bridges |
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abutment angle angle-irons arch beam bed-plates bending moment bolts bottom flange bracing bridge calculated carried cast cast-iron Central India Railway centre chains compression consists construction contractor cross girders cylinder deflection depth diagonal diagram dimensions distance ditto drilled engineer equal equation erected feet 6 inches fixed foot formula frame holes horizontal Hot Blast inch diameter inch thick inertia iron joint lattice girders length line of pressures load lower main girders mandril material metal moment of inertia mould neutral axis nuts obtained parabola pier piles pins placed planed plates platform point of support Portland cement pounds Railway resistance rivetted roadway rollers sand screw sectional area shearing strain shown in Fig side span spandrils square inch steel strength structure struts surface T-iron tensile tension timber top flange trusses upper vertical Viaduct weight whole width wrought wrought-iron