Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 45
36 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION As in the trusses shown in Figs. 29 and 30, this type requiresmuch greater resistance in the ties and rafters than a truss with ahorizontal tie-beam, but the increase in the strains is not quite asgreat as in Figs. 29 and 30. Tlie trusses shown in Figs. 35 and 36, are not… … Fig. 38. Fig. 38 shows the same type of truss, built of wood, but with thetops of the rafters cut off and a straining beam inserted betweenthem. Practical examples of this type of truss, as used in church roofs,are given in Chapter IV. 18. BRACED RAFTERS WITH WROUGHT IRON TIES.—When there is no…
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