Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work .. (1912)
American School (Lansing, Ill.) · Chicago, American school of correspondence · leaf 227
rrangement makes the tie-beam act as a beam as well as atie and in this case it must be made sufficiently strong to carry theload from the joists without sagging. The queen-post truss, as will be seen, is not entirely composedof triangles, the center panel being in the form of a rectangle. Inmost… … Fig. 241. Section Showing Design of a Fink Truss better, however, to introduce an additional diagonal member intothis panel so as to divide it into two triangles. This obviates anydanger of distortion of this panel. Fink Truss. In Fig. 241 is shown a Fink truss, which is avery popular form,…
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