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Excerpt from Strength of Beams Under Transverse Loads
The usual discussion of stress in beams loaded transversely, involving as it does the calculus, is unintelligible to that large class of builders, and others, whose mathematical training has not extended beyond the elements of conic-sections. Yet, the most important cases may be explained without using the higher mathematics. The aim of the following pages is to put into brief and convenient shape, without resorting to the higher mathematics, the discussion of the most important and common cases of horizontal beams under vertical loads. In beams of rectangular cross-section the formulae given are exact under the assumptions gener ally made in regard to the laws of elasticity. In flanged beams the approximations made use of are those adopted in ordinary practice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
