Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 44
r type of truss with a raised tie-beam, andone that is much used both for wooden and steel construction. The most common forms of this type of truss, for wooden con- TYPES OF WOODEN TRUSSES. 35 struction, are shown in Figs. 35, 36 and 38. In these trusses onlythe rafters or principals a a and the… … Fig. 33. Fig. 34. of the rafters, the portion of the tie t also acts as a belly-rod to sus-tain the thi f the struts, which act in the same way as thepost in a belly-rod truss. The purlins should always be placed op-posite the braces s s.
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