Author: Cyrus Alan Melick

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-05

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780267845200

Excerpt from Stresses in Tall Buildings: An Investigation of the Stresses in Tall Steel Buildings of the Cage Construction Type With Portal Bracing This investigation has been undertaken with a three-fold purpose in view, as follows: First, to develop a practicable mathematical solution of the stresses in tall buildings with portal bracing for all types of loadings, and, by its application, to determine the principal errors which exist in present methods of design. Second, to endeavor by experiment on an existing structure to find by actual measurement the distribution and amount of stresses and distortions due to wind pressures, the only loading which can be practically varied on such a structure. Third, to give in a final chapter a full and definite resume of all findings and suggestions for designers as derived therefrom, so as to make the results of the investigation of value to the practicing engineer or architect without wasting his time in perusal of the body of the investigation, a proceeding which would, it is believed, be a discouraging one for a man who has been too busy in practical work to follow up closely a mathematical discussion. 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.