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All in " To 'Lo Feet. To Cells Olijeits - 215) - Resist Full
All in " To 'Lo Feet. To Cells Olijeits - 215) - Resist Full
All in " To 'Lo Feet. To Cells Olijeits - 215) - Resist Full
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the joints (par. 1630y.),
and all the riveting be well executed, the beam will be equal in
sirength to one
"
of an entire length.
"
'Ihis construction may be carried to a 'pan of 'lO to
50 feet. In practice it is found necessary to confine the use of cells to spans exceeding
100 or 150 feet : within these limits the same olijeits are most etonomically obtained l>y
the use of thicker plates" (l)age -215).
"
The more nearly the bottom ajjproximates to a
solid liomogeneous mass, ihe better it is calculated to resist a tensile strain" (see pages 248
to 256 for full instructions as to riveting plates; and Kirkaldy, Experiments, ^S'c. page
196, for comparison of strength). Asthe bendin? moment of the load on agirder diminishes
from tie middle towards the ends, and the shearing force from the ends towards the
middle, it follows that the transverse sections of the bottom plates may be diminished
from the middle towards the ends, and that of the vertical web from the ends towards tlic
middle, so as to make the resistance to bending and shearing respectively vary according
to the saine law. Consequently, towards the centre of a girder for a large span, tl)e
bottom plate is usually increased by additional plates to secure the requisite strengtli in
the sectional area, giving the underside of the ])late a bellied form. C. Graham Smith,
ll'rought Iron Girder Work, deserves attentive [jerusal by the student. It is print.'d in the
British Architect, for June 1877, pages S82 to 385.
1629/"; The results of various testings of a new manufacture of girder patented about
1866 by iNIessrs. Phillips are here recorded. A double weiglit in a cast iron girder is re-
quired to give equal strength with one of wrought iron. A riveted plate girder is not ahvays
adaptable for general purposes. The new system consists in riveting plates to the top and
bottom flanges of rolled iron beams, and so strengthening
Rolled girders up to
19f
inches deep and to 38 feet long. Zore's patent girders up to
8 inches deep and to 34 feet long. Channel iron to 12 inches wide and to 32 feet long.
Angle iron to 12^ urited inches and to 30 feet long. Tee iron to 12 united inches aiid
to 30 feet long. Flitch and .sandwich plates to 14 inches wide and to 36 feet long. Riveted
girders made up from stock to all sections. Bulb tees up to 10 inches deep. Rounds
to 61 inches. Squares to 5 inches. Flats to 14 inches. Chequered plates up to S feet by
4 feet.
The opinion is gaining ground that most of the constants in use for calculating the
strength of beair.s aie too high. A comparison of Trcdgold, Barlow, and Clark, will show