Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 52
ans of Fig. 50, which represents a truss inthe act of falling, owing to the breaking of the curved rib b and theconsequent pushing out of the walls. As soon as the wall com- TYPES OF WOODEN TRUSSES. 43 mences to move the whole weight of the upper part of the truss isthrown on the lower portion of… … as shown in Fig. 51, as the pieces below the joint a. Fig. 49, maybe supplanted by the single strut s, Fig. 51. Of course the truss inFig. 49 would be more rigid, on account of the principals being con-tinuous and from a certain amount of support offered by the top ofthe wall, but the thrust on the…
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