 The contingency of the sudden application of a moving load is provided for by the factor of safety, which expresses the ratio of the proof load to the working load (Article 247). The action of the rolling load to which a railway bridge is subjected is...  A Manual of Civil Engineering - Page 280by William John Macquorn Rankine - 1872 - 784 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1771 - 576 pages
...qualities of metal, an inference which seems to be confirmed by other experiments on rectangular bars given in the Report of the Commissioners on the application of iron to railway structures. The mean result, however, accords nearly with that of the author's experiments, and gives the ratio of/... | |
 | Edwin Clark - 1850 - 518 pages
...experiments performed by that gentleman for Mr. Stephenson have, with his sanction, been already published in the " Report of the Commissioners on the Application of Iron to Railway Structures." Full use has in return been made of that treasury of information. All calculations have, as far as... | |
 | Athenaeum Club (Londres). Biblioteca - 1851 - 346 pages
...to ditto. 8° London, 1846. Report of the Select Committee on Railway Labourers. fol. London, 1846. Report of the Commissioners on the Application of Iron to Railway Structures, with the Plans. 2 vols. fol. 1849. Indian Railways; as connected with the Power and Stability of the... | |
 | Athenæum Club (London, England). Library - Library catalogs - 1851 - 356 pages
...to ditto. 8° London, 1846. Report of the Select Committee on Railway Labourers, fol. London, 1846. Report of the Commissioners on the Application of Iron to Railway Structures, with the Plans. 2 vols. fol. 1849. Indian Railways; as connected with the Power and Stability of the... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1857 - 656 pages
...qualities of metal, an inference which seems to be confirmed by other experiments on rectangular bars given in the Report of the Commissioners on the application of iron to railway structures. The mean result, however, accords nearly with that of the author's experiments, and gives the ratio of... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1857 - 650 pages
...qualities of metal, an inference which seems to be confirmed by other experiments on rectangular bars given in the Report of the Commissioners on the application of iron to railway structures. The mean result, however, accords nearly with that of the author's experiments, and gives the ratio of... | |
 | Physics - 1857 - 1142 pages
...qualities of metal, an inference which seems to be confirmed by other experiments on rectangular bars given in the Report of the Commissioners on the application of iron to railway structures. The mean result, however, accords nearly with that of the author's experiments, and gives the ratio of... | |
 | William Laxton - Architecture - 1858 - 522 pages
...qualities of metal, and this supposition appears confirmed by other experiments on rectangular bars, given in the ' Report of the Commissioners on the application of Iron to Railway Structures.' The meau result however accords nearly with that of my own experiments, and shows that the resistance of... | |
 | Peter Barlow, Peter William Barlow, William Humber - Building materials - 1867 - 482 pages
...qualities of metal, and this supposition appears confirmed by other experiments on rectangular bars, given in the " Report of the Commissioners on the Application of Iron to Railway Structures." The mean result, however, accords nearly with that of my own experiments, and shows that the resistance... | |
 | Peter Barlow - Building materials - 1867 - 460 pages
...cylindrical sections turned to be f inch diameter, the length being f and 1J inches respectively. * Report of the Commissioners on the Application of Iron to Railway Structures. K 5, -3 s «3 . «3 . •a ., la || ^-g 02 9 rr * -^»1 a> § 1 .3 » u *S.9 *S « r »O 10 ^ CO O... | |
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