Notes on Building Construction, Vol. 2: Second Stage or Advanced Course (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Notes on Building Construction, Vol. 2: Second Stage or Advanced Course

He should be acquainted with the best forms for struts, ties, and beams, such as floor joists, exposed to transverse stress.

He should know the difference in the strength of a girder carry ing a given load at its centre, or uniformly distributed.

In the ordinary kinds of wooden or iron roof trusses, and framed structures of a similar description, he should be able to distinguish the members in compression from those in tension.

He should be able, in the case of a concentrated or uniform load upon any part of a beam supported at both ends, to ascertain the proportion of the load transmitted to each point of support.

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