. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. s also; being fTactically steel skeletons imbedded in the earlier bridges the arch was built plain,but the present practice in the United States isin the direction of ribbed arch construction,while in Europe hinged arches are also beingused, and the Monier method of constructionappears to be the one most extensively used.(a)-Fig. 29 shows a Monier arch at Nymphem-burg, Bavaria. It has a span of 87 feet, a totalwidth of 23 feet, an
. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. s also; being fTactically steel skeletons imbedded in the earlier bridges the arch was built plain,but the present practice in the United States isin the direction of ribbed arch construction,while in Europe hinged arches are also beingused, and the Monier method of constructionappears to be the one most extensively used.(a)-Fig. 29 shows a Monier arch at Nymphem-burg, Bavaria. It has a span of 87 feet, a totalwidth of 23 feet, and carries a roadway 21 feet In the Wiinsch form of construction the re-inforcement consists of a series of forms ofdouble T-shaped members, of which the extra-dosal are placed horizontally, with the flangesupward, and the intradosal conforming to thecurve of the arch and placed with the flangesdownward. Their webs overlap at the crownof the arch and are riveted together, while theends are connected by vertical tie rods whichextend downward into the pier or masonryabutment, and is anchored to a transverse girder Longitudinal Section J Mon/erWeff//jr.
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