Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures

Robert H. Bow

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107297005

From the 1850s onwards, the civil engineer Robert Henry Bow (1827–1909) became known for his expertise in structural analysis, publishing on the design of bridge and roof trusses, and working with the prolific railway engineer Sir Thomas Bouch (of later Tay Bridge infamy). In the first part of this 1873 publication, Bow describes 337 different truss structures, grouping them into four classes according to their structural characteristics: statically determinate, kinematically determinate, indeterminate, and other. In the second part, he describes a method for graphically analysing truss structures, based on the work of Thomas Maxwell and others, and applies this method to the structures listed in the first part. Perhaps of most interest to the working engineer are the explanations as to which structures are most efficient given typical material constraints, such as girders of uniform cross-section. The work remained a useful resource for practising engineers well into the twentieth century.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Colophon
pp v-viii

PREFACE
pp 5-6

PART I - CLASSIFICATION OF FRAMED STRUCTURES OF TRUSSES
pp 7-8

CLASSIFICATION OF TRUSSES
pp 9-42

PART II - ON DIAGRAMS OF FORCES WITH NUMEROUS EXAMPLES
pp 43-44

DIAGRAMS OF THE APPLIED FORCES AND OF THE FORCES OF REACTION OF THE PARTS SUBJECTED TO STRESS IN FRAMED STRUCTURES
pp 45-61

EXAMPLES OF DIAGRAMS OF FORCES FOR STRUCTURES BELONGING TO CLASS I
pp 62-68

EXAMPLES OF DIAGRAMS OF FORCES FOR STRUCTURES BELONGING TO CLASS I
pp 69-73

APPLICATION OF THE GRAPHIC METHOD TO STRUCTURES OF THE SECOND CLASS
pp 74-79

STRUCTURES BELONGING TO CLASS III
pp 80-89

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