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 384
sufficient size, which in this design they are. The bearing plaies diXQ h.&xQ composed of 10- and 12-inch channel bars the full width ofthe chord sections. Thus in the 147-foot span shown in Plate III the load on the end ver-ticals may be taken at 150,000 lbs. for each truss. The bearing plate… … Fig. 380. enough, if large washers are used under the nuts, to spread the load uniformly over the bear-ing area. Another method of transmitting this thrust through the chord section is to extend the 352 MODERN FRAMED STRUCTURES. web of the angle blocks entirely through the chords to receive the…
