How To Compute The Length Of A Prism Of A Material Which Would Be Severed By Its Own Weight When Suspended
Description
This section is from the book "The English And American Mechanic", by B. Frank Van Cleve. Also available from Amazon: The English And American Mechanic.
How To Compute The Length Of A Prism Of A Material Which Would Be Severed By Its Own Weight When Suspended
Rule
Divide the tensile resistance of the material by the weight of a foot of it in length, and the quotient will give the length.
Modulus Of Cohesion, Or Length In Feet Required To Tear Assunder The Following Substances
Rawhide, 15,375 feet; hemp twine, 75,000 feet; Catgut, 25,000 feet.
Tensile Strength
Tensile strength is the resistance of the fibres or particles of a body to separation. It is therefore proportional to their Dumber, or to the area of its transverse section.
The fibres of wood are strongest near the centre of the trunk or limb of a tree.
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