The theory and practice of modern framed structures : designed for the use of schools, and for engineers in professional practice (1897)
Johnson, J. B. (John Butler), 1850-1902, Bryan, C. W. (Charles Walter), 1863-1927, Turneaure, Frederick Eugene, 1886- · New York : J. Wiley & Sons · leaf 264
reduced by the rigid joints made at the inter-sections of the web members themselves. For very deep trusses the effect of the distortion isalso small, so that single intersection trusses will make good bridges. The secondary stresses in the riveted truss make the calculation and design of them… … Box-chords. Fig. 270. T-chords. For pony trusses or half-through bridges the box-chord will always make the betterbridge. The web bracing should always be symmetrical with the plane of the centre of the 240 MODERN FRAMED STRUCTURES. truss, and care should be taken to get the neutral axes of all…
