Modern buildings : their planning, construction and equipment (1905)
Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London : Caxton Publishing Company, Limited · leaf 124
ly necessary to dis- cover what part of Rx is due to the loading upon that imparted to member 1 by Rx can only be met by the component of the girder whose diagonal comes to the resistance to bending of member 2 ; but member 2 is upper end of the vertical strut, and the strut is then assumed to have… … the force diagram can be started at the joint immedi- known to be in compression to this extent ; for, as seen ately above Rp where there are now only two unknown in Fig. 1 1 5, the vertical member is without stress in forces. On drawing the diagram it is found that that component of the girder…
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