Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 228
becomedistorted without any side being either lengthened or shortened, bythe simple failure of some of the joints and the movement of themembers around the joints. For this reason the first thing to con- 180 CARPENTRY 169 sider in designing a truss is the arrangement of the members andthe position… … Fig. 238. Section Showing Design of King-Post Truss for Wide Span longer dimension in cross section is vertical, while others are setso that their longer dimension is at right angles to the rafters. Bothof these methods are commonly employed. The tension membersC are merely for the support of the…
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