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Excerpt from Tests of Large Bridge Columns
The primary purpose of the tests was to determine the strength of such members under intended axial loads in relation to their general design and the grades of steel used in their construction. The secondary purpose was to study the distribution of stress and strain throughout the shafts of the columns and their different details. 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.
