Treatise on Iron Ship Building: Its History and Progress as Comprised in a Series of Experimental Researches on the Laws of Strain ... Including the Experimental Results on the Resisting Powers of Armour Plates and Shot at High Velocities |
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... square inch ; thrust 2.35 ; racking stress 0.975 . It follows that in the iron ship the factor against bending is between 5 and 6 , agreeing exactly with the best practice of engineers , and that there is a great surplus of strength ...
... square inch ; thrust 2.35 ; racking stress 0.975 . It follows that in the iron ship the factor against bending is between 5 and 6 , agreeing exactly with the best practice of engineers , and that there is a great surplus of strength ...
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... square inch upon the wrought- iron plates of which it is composed . 12. These results are highly satisfactory so far ... square inch on the material , acting alternately in opposite directions , would at least injure , if it did not ...
... square inch upon the wrought- iron plates of which it is composed . 12. These results are highly satisfactory so far ... square inch on the material , acting alternately in opposite directions , would at least injure , if it did not ...
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... square inch , or about one - seventh of the ultimate strength of the iron . With this increase of strength such a vessel would probably survive the destructive action of a thousand storms . * Were it practicable , the upper section ...
... square inch , or about one - seventh of the ultimate strength of the iron . With this increase of strength such a vessel would probably survive the destructive action of a thousand storms . * Were it practicable , the upper section ...
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... square inch on the material in the upper edge of the section , and a compressive strain of about 2 tons per square inch on the material in the lower edge of the section . In the former case , the strain is about one - seventh the ...
... square inch on the material in the upper edge of the section , and a compressive strain of about 2 tons per square inch on the material in the lower edge of the section . In the former case , the strain is about one - seventh the ...
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... Square Inch Mean Breaking Weight across the Fibre , in Tons per Square Inch Yorkshire plates Derbyshire plates Shropshire plates Staffordshire plates Mean 25.770 27.490 22.760 26.037 21.680 18.650 22.826 22.000 19.563 21.010 22.519 ...
... Square Inch Mean Breaking Weight across the Fibre , in Tons per Square Inch Yorkshire plates Derbyshire plates Shropshire plates Staffordshire plates Mean 25.770 27.490 22.760 26.037 21.680 18.650 22.826 22.000 19.563 21.010 22.519 ...
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angle angle-iron armour plates armour-plates asunder bars beam Bellerophon bolts bottom Breaking Weight calculated cast iron centre Columbiads compared compression construction of iron crack cylindrical depth diameter distance double ductile dynamic resistance effect elongation end rounded English oak equal experiments feet long fired flange foot-pounds force fracture frames fusion hole inches thick increased indentation iron plates iron ship keelson large guns length Lord Warden manufacture material Mean ment metal midships Millwall moment of inertia nearly neutral axis observed ordnance P₁ penetrated perforation pillars planking powers of resistance pressure principle projectiles proportion punch ratio rifled gun rivets rupture sheathing ship building Shoeburyness side Specific Gravity spherical square inch steel shot stern strength TABLE target teak tenacity tensile strain tensile strength timber tion tons per square transverse tube turret upper deck velocity vessels Warrior wood wooden wrought iron
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