Cyclopedia of Architecture: Steel construction. Problems in constructionAmer. tech. soc., 1913 |
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allowable arch bars beam framed bearing bending bending moment bevel bolts bottom chord bracing building carry cast iron ceiling center of gravity center to center CHICAGO clearance column compression compression members concrete construction cover plate dead load deflection depth detail determined diagonal diagram DIAM diameter dimensions distance draftsman drawing Engineers feet fibre stress filler fireproof flange angles floor beams formula girder give given horizontal I-beam length lintel live load masonry material metal method moment of inertia necessary number of rivets outstanding leg panel point partitions pitch plaster pounds per square purlins radius of gyration rivet spacing rods roof safe load shear shelf angle shown in Fig shows side span splice square foot square inch standard steel stiffeners structure terra cotta thickness tie rods tion top chord total load truss vertical wall webs weight width YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Page 197 - All segments of compression members connected by latticing only, shall have tie plates placed as near the ends as practicable. They shall have a length of not less than the greatest depth or width of the member, and a thickness not less than jV of the distance between the rivets connecting them to the compressed members.
Page 1 - WR WARE Formerly Professor of Architecture. Columbia University. Author of " Modern Perspective." CLARENCE A. MARTIN Professor of Architecture at Cornell University. Author of " Details of Building Construction.
Page 202 - Make no unnecessary drawing; as, for instance, if a side elevation and plan will clearly express all the work to be done, do not spend any time making an end view or sections. If, on the other hand, an elevation and a cross section will enable you to show everything, then do not make any plan, as, in general, it is less work to make a cross section than a plan. The above should be followed with caution, as it is necessary to be very sure that all the views required to give a clear understanding of...
Page 4 - PIERCE JAMISON, ME Assistant Professor of Mechanical Drawing, Purdue University. Author of " Advanced Mechanical Drawing." ^« FRANK CHOUTEAU BROWN Architect, Boston. Author of " Letters and Lettering." HENRY McGOODWIN Author of " Architectural Shades and Shadows." V» VIGNOLA Author of " The Five Orders of Architecture,
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Page 7 - WILLIAM PAUL GERHARD Author of "A Guide to Sanitary House Inspection." ^ IJ COSGROVE Author of " Principles and Practice of Plumbing-." Foreword ' HE rapid evolution of constructive methods in recent years, as illustrated in the use of steel and concrete, ?- and the increased size and complexity of buildings, has created the necessity for an authority which shall embody accumulated experience and approved practice along a variety of correlated lines. The Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and...
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Page 201 - One sheet may have beams varying in depth from a 7-in beam to a 15-in. beam, and in length from 6 ft. to 20 ft. To accommodate all such varied conditions to the same size sheet it is necessary to adopt a standard size of sketch representing all sizes and lengths of beams, and locate details on this sketch simply by the eye, so as to show the details in proper relations as outlined above. In many drafting offices these beam sheets are printed with a blank elevation and plan and end view of a beam...