Frames. As has been previously stated, the frames of a locomotive are very difficult to design because of the many .unknown factors which affect the stresses in them. The following method of proportioning wrought-iron and cast-steel frames will give safe values for size of parts although the results thus found will be greater than usually found in practice.

Let

P = the thrust on the piston or the area of the piston in square inches multiplied by the boiler pressure in pounds per inch
A = the area in square inches of the section of the frame at the top of the pedestal
B = the area in square inches of the section of the frame at the rail between the pedestals
C = the area in square inches of the section of the lower frame between the pedestals

Then

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