INDEX 



299 



Joints, definition, 23 

 Joints in trusses, Intermediate, 181 

 Joints in wood, Designing, 167 

 Joints, Locating, in trusses, 131 

 Joints, Riveted vs. pin connections, 



185 



Joists and connections, 136 

 Joists, End bearing of, 206 

 Joists, Design of reinforced, 102 



Krtchum's recommendations for 



snow load, 233 

 King truss, 132 

 King truss forces by graphic statics, 



210 



Knee brace connection, 204 

 Knuckle plate connection, 204 



Lag screws,. Resistance of, 138 

 Laminated floor, description, 98 

 Lateral deflection and eccentric load- 

 ing, 101 



Lateral stays for steel beams, 101 

 Lateral stiffness of beams, 101 

 Lattice truss, 128 

 Length of spans, 13, 42 

 Lettering spaces in truss diagrams, 



Mr. Bow's system, 130 

 Lever and moment, 1 1 

 Lewis and Morton's wooden high- 

 way bridge design, 162 

 Linr, Dividing, into equal parts, 27 

 I.ii it .-I. Cast iron, design, 64 

 Lintels over openings, three designs, 



a 



Live load, definition, 10 



Loading of columns, Conditions af- 

 fecting end, 252 



Load on beam, Bending moment for 

 uniformly distributed, 34 



Load on beam on two supports, Par- 

 tially distributed, 24 



Load on cantilever beam, Moment 

 for concentrated, 12 



Loads act through center of gravity, 

 12 



Loads at center of gravity, 12 

 Loads, Effect of combining con- 

 centrated and uniformly distrib- 

 uted, 16, 25 

 Loads on beam, Bending moment 



for several, 33 

 Loads on beam on two supports, 



Two equidistant concentrated, 25 

 Loads on beam, Several, 15 

 Loads on columns in buildings, 261 

 Loads on columns, Johnson's for- 

 mula, 255 



Loads on overhanging beams, 37 

 Loads on roofs, 135 

 Loads on span, Two unequal, 37 

 Lower chord, Built-up design, 159 

 Lower chord, Design of, 162 



Machine driving, Rivet clearance for, 



199 

 Maximum bending moment, Rule 



for position of, 36 

 Maximum, minimum and reversed 



stresses, 232 

 Maximum moment for continuous 



beams, 50 

 Maximum shear on wooden beams, 



97 

 Metal in steel stacks, Thickness of, 



233 



Methods of fixing columns, 252 

 Methods of framing intermediate 



joints, 182 



Mill-constructed building, 104 

 Modulus of elasticity, definition, 70 

 Modulus of rupture, 78 

 Moisture in woodwork joints, 144 

 Moment and shear in beams, Graphi- 

 cal methods for, 14 

 Moment and shear, Relation between, 



15,42 



Moment curve for plate girders, 116 

 Moment for concentrated load on 



cantilever beam, 12 

 Moment, Importance of principles of, 



11 

 Moment of inertia, 66 



