Download or read book The Strength of Chain Links (Classic Reprint) written by G. A. Goodenough and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Strength of Chain Links A third possible distribution is represented in Fig. 2(c). Under heavy load the link suflers a considerable distortion and the sides e and f approach each other. Now if the distributed pressure along ee, Fig. 2(b), were in the nature of a fluid pressure so that the points of application of the forces could move as the points EE moved, the law of distribution would be unchanged by the distortion of the link. But the part m of the adjacent link lying between the Sides 6 and f is practically unyielding; hence when e and f approach each other the part m is pinched and there ensues a new distribution of pressure. Evidently the result Of this pinching action is to increase the intensity of pressure near E, E and to decrease it at H. We cannot, Of course, know the precise efiect of the action just described. For the sake of comparison with the other cases, we may assume, however, that the effect is equivalent to concentrating the pressure at the two points E, E. In the subsequent analysis we shall make the three assumptions just stated, namely. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.