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Airport terminal Hamburg Prismatic trusses provide lateral & rotational stability
Truss concepts
Beam Truss
Common trusses
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pratt truss Howe truss X-truss K-truss Warren truss Warren truss with vertical bars Fink truss Belgian truss Scissor truss
Unique trusses
1 2 Prismatic truss Prismatic truss frame
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Graphic truss analysis
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Wood truss
1 2 3 4 5 A B Truss with gusset plate joints Gusset plate for nails, both sides Gang nail gusset plate Truss with bolt and split ring joints Split ring joint Split ring resists shear stress Bolt
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Wood truss
Timber truss with steel rods and diagonal wood bars in compression (wood tension joints are difficult)
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Truss joist with steel web bars Truss with gusset plates Truss with twin chord and single web bars
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Truss Twin angles with gusset plate Channels with gusset plate Pipe with gusset plate Welded tube joint
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Note: Concentric truss joints avoid bending stress Eccentric joints caused collapse in the past
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Space truss joint Mero The popular Mero joint provides concentric connections for space truss bars in any direction. Mero is an abbreviation of: The first 2 letters of Dr. Meneringhausen, the inventor and the first 2 letters of Rohr, German for pipe. A B C D E F Node Web bar Chord bar Roof support Wall support Joint support
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