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A Manual of Forest Engineering for India

1901

Ratio between the total amount of depression of the rope and the span—the longitudinal wire ropes—anchorage of the longitudinal wire ropes—standards or piers—suspenders or suspensors—method of fastening the suspenders to the longitudinal wire ropes and to the cross-pieces which support the roadway—calculations necessary for the determination of the different parts of a suspension bridge—formulm fo [...] Anchorage of main longitudinal ropes of the Tiuni Suspesion bridge. 186 89 Anchorage of the main longitudinal ropes of the Thadiar. bridge. 6 9o. [...] Plan of the same. 94 Sectional elevation of the head of a pier of the Tiuni supension bridge. IS0 93. [...] The condition of the road surface depends mainly upon the way in which the earth is placed ; it should be first thrown on to the central portion of the road until that portion is raised to the required height above the sides then the remainder of the earth if there is any should be spread evenly to the correct transverse profile of the road. [...] Opinions differ considerably as to the transverse profile to be given to hill-roads 6 feet wide or less ; some advocate a slope from the outside to the inside and others exactly the reverse ; the object in the first case is to prevent the surface water from damaging the outer edge of the road and in the second case to obviate the necessity for a drain along the inner edge of the road and the ac
agriculture environment
Pages
281
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.146616
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ix Charles Rogers view
Part III.—Road-Making
1-108 Charles Rogers view
Part IV.—Bridges
109-256 Charles Rogers view
Index
257-267 Charles Rogers view

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