Buttress of Blocks
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Uniting the theories of partial polygons of resistance and centres and lines of resistance, this buttress of blocks illustrates the tangential curve that is the line of pressures.
Keywords
continuous, pressure, joint, force, tangent, resistance, polygon, succession, plane joint, polygonsGalleries
General Geometric IllustrationsSource
Encyclopaedia Britannica (New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910) 17:995
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