TABLE OF CONTENTS vii 



CHAPTER VIII. SIMPLE BEAMS. 



Reactions 55 



Moment and Shear in Beams : Concentrated Loads 56 



Moment and Shear in Beams : Uniform Loads 57 



CHAPTER IX. MOVING LOADS ON BEAMS. 



Uniform Moving Loads 59 



Concentrated Moving Loads 61 



CHAPTER X. STRESSES IN BRIDGE TRUSSES. 



Method of Loading , 65 



Algebraic Resolution 65 



Graphic Resolution 70 



Algebraic Moments 72 



Graphic Moments 73 



Wheel Loads - 76 



Influence Diagrams 77 



Maximum Moment in a Truss 77 



Maximum Shear in a Truss 79 



Maximum Floor Beam Reaction Si 



CHAPTER XI. STRESSES IN A TRANSVERSE BENT. 



Dead and Snow Load Stresses 83 



Wind Load Stresses 83 



Algebraic Calculation of Stresses : 



Case I. Columns Hinged at the Base 84 



Case II. Columns Fixed at the Base 87 



Maximum Stresses 91 



Stresses in End Framing 92 



Bracing in the Upper Chord and Sides 92 



Graphic Calculation of Stresses : 



Data 93 



Case i. Permanent Dead and Snow Load Stresses 94 



Case 2. Wind Load Stresses ; Wind Horizontal ; Columns 



Hinged 96 



Case 3. Wind Load Stresses ; Wind Horizontal ; Columns 



Fixed at Base , 98 



