10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAINING PIECE»
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The technical educator, an encyclopædia
Straining-piece. — A piece of timber connected at its extremities to two others
acted upon by opposite forces, which tend to press them together. The straining-
piece, by being placed between them, serves to keep them apart, and, further,
acts ...
2
Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
section through stove straight arch A flat arch. straining arch An arch used as a
strut, as in a flying buttress. straining beam, straining piece, strutting piece In a
truss, a horizontal strut above the tie beam or above a line joining the feet of the ...
3
Encyclopaedia; Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ...
If the straining piece lie within the angle formed by one piece and the produced
direction of the other, its own strain, whether compression or extension, is of the
same kind with that of the most remote of the other two, and opposite to that of the
...
4
An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, ...
For roofs whose spans are between 30 and 45 feet, a truss with two queen-posts
and struts will be required, and a straining piece between the queen-posts. Thus
— For a span of 35 feet, the tic beams to be 1 1 in. by 4 in. ; queen-posts 4 in. by ...
5
The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
_ Straining-piece is any piece of timber, connected at its extremities to two others,
acted upon by opposite pressures, which have a tendency towards each other.
Hence a tie acts contrary to a straining-piece. A chain, rope, or small bar of iron, ...
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The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ...
Straining-piece is any piece os timber, connected at its extremities to two others,
acted upon by opposite preslsiures, which have a tendency towards each other.
Hence a tie acts contrary to a straining-piece. A chain, rope, or small'bnr of iron, ...
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A Glossary of Civil Engineering: Comprising Its Theory and ...
Comprising Its Theory and Modern Practice Samuel Charles Brees. A, tie-beam.
B, B, large queens. C, C, small queens. D, D, principal rafters. E, straining-piece,
or collar. F, king-post. G, G, purlines. The following Tables show the scantlings of
...
Samuel Charles Brees, 1841
8
A system of mechanical philosophy
In general, if the straining piece is within the angle formed by the pieces which
are strained, the strains which they sustain are of the opposite kind to that which it
experts. If it be pushing, they are drawing; but if it b« within the angle formed by ...
John Robison, Sir David Brewster, James Watt, 1822
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A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
Also calledjoggle piece. joggle An enlarged area ofa post for supporting the foot
of a strut or brace. purlin A longitudinal member ofa roof frame for king truss A
pitched truss having a king post. straining piece A horizontal tie beam uniting the
...
Francis D. K. Ching, 2011
10
A Manual of Civil Engineering
II. TRAPEZOIDAL Tnuss—In fig. 209, B B B is the tie-beam, A and O two equally
inclined principal rafters, F a horizontal rafter or straining-piece. D and E are
suspending-pieces, to carry part of the weight of the tie-beam, and 1. 1' 7 also
that of ...
William John Macquorn Rankine, 1867
