Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 80
ars and the vertical pieces ofcross-shaped bars to give stiffness to the truss, although thesepieces are subject to a tensile strain. For a straight-pitch roof of moderate span there is no economyin using this type of truss, as the extra cost of the necessary frame-work above the truss for… … //Pad JI % WP,n- -PL / ^ \ jlJasc of Car; Iracf^, >f j—/.--^ 87. KT IJ*. / Fig. 98. The Crescent truss has been described in Section 25, Chapter I.It is seldom used, except for the support of dome roofs, for whichexamples are given in Chapter V. 39. SEGMENTAL ARCHED RIBS.—Fig. 98, which is a…
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