Falsework, carrying trains, 1849 piles, 1502 reinforced-concrete bridges, 946 washout of, 1201 Falsifying reports, 1628 Falsity in detailing, 1160 Fanning of tracks, 537 Fanning's formula, 1113 cellular, 1061 sink, 1061 Fatigue of metal, 255 Faults in existing elevated railroads, 553–557 Favoritism in specifications, 1554 Fees, 1601 determination of in advance, 1628 inspecting bridges, 1519, 1520 promotion, 1607 Felt, 51, 351 Fender piles, 780, 782 Ferro-nickel, use of in making nickel steel, 68 Field riveting, 276, 1782 correspondence, 1479 equipment for resident engineer, 1488, inspection, author's methods of, 1445, inspection of materials, 1467 instructions for, 1475 notes, 1478 notice of commencement of, 1768 office of resident engineer, 1768 records, 1475, 1476 reports, 1475, 1476 Fifteenth Street Bridge over the Blue River at Kansas City, 942 Fijeenord Bridge, 700 Files, 1407 calculations, 1408 catalogues, 1411 checking prints, 1410 drawings and other papers, 1386 Filler, asphalt, 1835 asphalt pavement, 1812 coal tar, 1834 pitch and stone, 368 sand, 368 Fillers under ends of stringers, 302, 376 Filling, back-, 1864 Filling caisson, 995 column feet, 1840 Final estimates, 1483 Final inspection, 1764 Final quantities, record of, 1485 Finish of reinforced-concrete work, 953 Finished concrete, care of, 952 Finished design, checking of, 280 Finishing coat of paint, 766 Fink, Albert, 23, 471 Fink truss, 24, 468, 472 Finley, James, 21 Fir, Douglas, 52 Fire, danger from, 348, 1205 protection from, 1844-1846 equivalent total, 1182 First principles of designing, 267 Fitness, inherent sense of, 268 Flange sections for stringers, 328 no cover-plates, 428, 430 unsupported lengths, 431, 432 Flash test for asphalt, 1820 Flats, 47 Fleming, R., 304 Floatation method of erection, 34, 1503, 1510 swing span, 684, 1073 bending stresses due to deflection of, 206 connections, 378 deck spans, 493 effects of track curvature on, 141 end, 293, 354, 1641, 1642 equivalent live loads for, 168 expansion pockets, 377-378 Griest, Maurice, 562, 567 Griffith, J. H., 1010 Grillages, 968, 1053 plate-girder spans, 459 Grimm, C. R., 178, 188, 216, 633 Grooves, drainage of for rails, 373 Grout filler for brick paving, 1833 Grouting foundations by pneumatic pres- Grouting, injection of, 971 Grouting of shoes, 459, 460 Growth of steel, 332 Groynes, 1058 Grubenmann, 12 Guaranteeing, estimates, 1624 faithfulness, 1625 mechanical operation, 1624 pavement, 1816, 1839 securities, 1599 Guards, 1633, 1634 dapping of, 364 machinery, 1731 rails, 356, 363, 364 trestles, 774 Gudmundsson, G., 596 Guides for vertical-lift spans, 1722 Gusset plates, 491, 501, 518-529 bottom chord joint, Fratt bridge, 526, 529 bending and direct stresses, 520-522 example of hip joint, 522-526 shear, 520 tearing out, 519, 520 top chord of Fratt bridge, 526, 528 Gyratory lift bridges, 669 H-sections, 48 H Hadfield, Sir Robert, 61, 90 Half-dapping for camber, 752 Half pin-holes, 335 Half-through plate-girder spans, economics of, 410 Halsted Street Lift Bridge, Chicago, 718-720 Hand-brakes, 1704 Handling office work, 1387 Hand-mixing of concrete, 1854 levers, 1731 machinery, 1789 Handrails, 332, 382, 383, 1635 aligning of, 384 connections, field, 384 flaring ends, 1177 gas-pipe, 383 heights of, 382, 383 ornamental, 1177 reinforced-concrete bridges, 945 steel, 1786 structural, 383, 384 timber, 383 Hand riveting, 329 Hangers of trusses, sections for, 494, 495, 1675 Hanging of caisson, 996 Hardesty, Shortridge, 638, 783 Hardness of concrete, testing of, 953 Harlem River Arch, 643 Harmony, 1154, 1155 Harpoon, 1062 Harriman System Lift Bridge at Portland, Oregon, 728, 730, 732, 733 |