from sagging. TOP LATERAL STRUTS AND SWAY BRACING.The top lateral struts usually form a part of the swaybracing. The lateral struts for short spans are in most cases com-posed of two pairs of angles,placed bacK to bacK,and laced together,as shown in Fig.55,thelr depth being equal to that of the… … Fig.35. across the top of the chord and is riveted directly to it. occa-sionally a solid web plate is used instead of lacing bars to connectthe two pairs of angles. When no sway bracing is used,the top lateral strut is soconstructed that It is capable of performing the function of thesway bracing.…
