uses a section similar to that shown inFig.17. The hip-vertical shown in Fig.17 consists of two pairs ofangles,laced together above the floorbeam and fastened together bya diaphragm at the floorbeam connection. This type of hip-verticalIs,however,often modified by substituting a web plate for the… … Fig.17 Fig.18. This type of hip-vertical is not stiff enough to prevent tiltingof the floorbeam,which is attached to it. A very efficient methodof preventing this tilting is to use loop-bars attached to the hip-vert leal, as is shown in Fig.18. The other ends of these loop-barsare fastened to the…
