The Actual Lateral Pressure of EarthworkD. Van Nostrand, 1881 - 180 páginas |
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15 feet 20 feet 9 inches actual lateral pressure angle of resistance base batter bottom brick brickwork built buttresses cent center of pressure clay cloth coefficient of friction constructed coping counterforts cubic foot depth docks earth edition engineer Euston Station excavation experiments face factor of safety failure feet 6 inches feet 9 feet high filling fluid pressure fluid weighing forward foundation friction gravel ground heavy height in thickness hydrostatic pressure Illustrated inches thick Inst instance less Lieutenant Hope limiting angle lineal foot London clay masonry material mean thickness ments Metropolitan District railway Metropolitan railway natural slope NOSTRAND'S PUBLICATIONS overturned paper pier piles plates practice pressure of earthwork retaining walls rubble mound sand shingle side sliding slip slope of repose soil square foot stability strength struts theoretical theory timber tion tunnel vertical wall vibration West India Dock wet ballast wood-cuts
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Página 123 - The object of the panel, as of the 1 £ inch to the foot batter which he gives to the wall, is not to save material, for this involves loss of weight and grip on the ground, but to effect a better distribution of pressure on the foundation.