Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 248
now, and windloads. This is a very com-mon type of truss, and isusually called a Fink orFrench truss. The trussesare assumed to be 15 feetapart; and the roof covering,including purlins, such that itweighs 12 pounds per squarefoot. The length from one endto the peak of the truss equals 1/15^ + 30^ =… … •—• u, ^9: M i5 STATICS 69 The probable weight of the truss (steel), according to the formulaof Art. 19, is 15 X 60 (-^H- 1)= 3,060 pounds. The total permanent load, therefore, equals 12,074 + 8,060 = 15,134 pounds; the end loads equal j\ of the total, or 950 pounds, and the otherapex loads equal ^…
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