Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 334
r the joint at L^, a sufficient number of rivets must be put in,in order to take up the difference in stress between the membersL, L, and L, L,. The number required is (43 700 - 37 450) - 3 7>50= 2 shop rivets. The purlins have a horizontal shear at each end, of -f/ -^ 2 =2 490 -^ 2 = 1 245… … These help in the erecting of the purhns, since they are shop-rivetedto the truss and therefore hold the purlins in place while they arebeing field-riveted to the truss and to the clip angles (see Fig. 77). Rivets in Lateral Bracing. The plates of the lateral bracing shouldbe made j inch thick. The…
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