 The objects of this are, at once to distribute the pressure over a greater area than that of any bed-joint in the body of the wall, and to diffuse that pressure more equally, by bringing the centre of resistance nearer to the middle of the base than it...  A Manual of Civil Engineering - Page 411by William John Macquorn Rankine - 1872 - 784 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William John Macquorn Rankine - Mechanics - 1864 - 706 pages
...increased beyond the thickness of the wall by a series of steps in front, as shown in figs. 102 and 105. The objects of this are, at once to distribute the...wall, and to diffuse that pressure more equally, by biinging the centre of resistance nearer to the middle of the base F'£>- * • than it is in the body... | |
 | William John Macquorn Rankine - Mechanical engineering - 1872 - 714 pages
...increased beyond the thickness of the wall by a series of steps in front, as shown in figs. 102 and 105. The objects of this are, at once to distribute the...middle of the base than it is in the body of the wall. The power of earth to support foundations has already been considered in Article 199. 222. cennierforu... | |
 | J. E. Shields - Engineering - 1877 - 172 pages
...increased beyond the thickness of the walls, by a series of steps in front. The objects of this are attmce to distribute the pressure over a greater area than...middle of the base than it is in the body of the wall. The body of the wall may be either entirely of brick, or of ashlar backed with brick or with rubble,... | |
 | Patrick John Flynn - Canals - 1892 - 744 pages
...beyond the thickness of the wall, by a series of steps in front, two only are shown in Figure 172. The objects of this are at once to distribute the pressure over a greater area than that of any bed joint in the body of the wall, and to diffuse that pressure more equally by bringing the center... | |
 | Patrick John Flynn - Canals - 1892 - 746 pages
...objects of this are at once to distribute the pressure over a greater area than that of any bed joint in the body of the wall, and to diffuse that pressure more equally by bringing the center of resistance nearer to the middle of the base than it is in the body of the wall.* Fig. 172.... | |
 | F. Noel Taylor - Civil engineering - 1915 - 306 pages
...depart greatly from it. Spreading out the foundation courses brings the centre of resistance nearer the middle of the base than it is in the body of the wall, and the pressure is distributed over a greater area than that of any bed joint in the body of the wall.... | |
 | William Lumisden Strange - Building - 1920 - 920 pages
...the front face of the wall, so as to distribute the pressure on a large base and more equally on it by bringing the centre of resistance nearer to the middle of the base than it is in the bod)' of the wall.i (b) Empirical Rules. — Although there are many theoretical investigations as... | |
 | William John Macquorn Rankine - Mechanical engineering - 1921 - 708 pages
...increased beyond the thickness of the wall by a series of steps in front, as shown in figs. 102 and 105. The objects of this are, at once to distribute the...centre of resistance nearer to the middle of the base Fig. 105. than it is in the body of the wall. The power of earth to support foundations has already... | |
 | William John Macquorn Rankine - Mechanical engineering - 1921 - 708 pages
...increased beyond the thickness of the wall by a series of steps in front, as shown in figs. 102 and 105. The objects of this are, at once to distribute the pressure over a greater ami than that of any bed-joint in the body of the wall, and to diffuse that pressure more equally,... | |
 | J. E. Shields - Technology & Engineering - 2002 - 150 pages
...increased beyond the thickness of the walls, by a series of steps in front. The objects of this arc at once to distribute the pressure over a greater...middle of the base than it is in the body of the wall. The body of the wall may be either entirely of brick, or of ashlar backed with brick or with rubble,... | |
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