A practical, up-to-date introduction on truss analysis, application and design. Describes the influence of trusses on design development as well as the means for design and detailing of truss construction utilizing contemporary building technologies. Illustrations include both historical and recent uses of trusses.
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A practical, up-to-date introduction on truss analysis, application and design. Describes the influence of trusses on design development as well as the means for design and detailing of truss construction utilizing contemporary building technologies. Illustrations include both historical and recent uses of trusses.
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This review is from: Design of Building Trusses (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) (Hardcover)
I needed a good source book for the work I was doing at this time and recieved it quickly and in great condition. The analysis techniques are in use right now.
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Buy this book. You'll find it very useful. It has comprehensive and clear explanations,
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This review is from: Design of Building Trusses (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) (Hardcover)
The books of the Ambrose serie generally are very good. This book is not the exception.
The Chapter 10 "Design of Steel Trusses" includes Joints in Steel Trusses (very well explained), an important aspect in the design, forgotten for the majority of the designers and structural engineers, but essential in the stability and perfomance of the a truss In the chapter 16 reviews different forms of trusses searching the maximum efficiency. This book is a "must have" publication . You can purchase with security. It will be very useful in your daily work Fernando A. Medina R Bogotá, Colombia
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Very nice primer on truss design and development,
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This book is not written by a Pulitzer prize winning author, but it is still very readable. It spoon feeds the technology well enough for an armchair understanding by any "victim" of liberal arts. I'm not sure if the technology is totally up to date because of its mid-90's publication date. But, unless you're actually an engineer or architect relying on the science that's discussed, then it's a very good product.
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Trussing as a structural means has surely been discovered hundreds of times over in the history of the human species. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
resultant wind load, delta truss, separated joint diagram, funicular polygon, truss diagram, trussed construction, force polygon, planar force system, trussed bracing, trussed bent, trussed structures, top chord joints, three external forces, stress diagram, fan truss, allowable axial compression, spanning trusses, truss patterns, truss profile, eccentric bracing, axial compression capacity, planar trusses, allowable compression stress, closing string, trussed tower Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Trussing as a structural means has surely been discovered hundreds of times over in the history of the human species. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
resultant wind load, delta truss, separated joint diagram, funicular polygon, truss diagram, trussed construction, force polygon, planar force system, trussed bracing, trussed bent, trussed structures, top chord joints, three external forces, stress diagram, fan truss, allowable axial compression, spanning trusses, truss patterns, truss profile, eccentric bracing, axial compression capacity, planar trusses, allowable compression stress, closing string, trussed tower Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Wiley, Uniform Building Code, Eiffel Tower, National Forest Products Association, United States, Air Force Academy, United Airlines, Vertical-horizontal Rotated New!
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- Fundamentals of Building Construction + Exercises Pkg by Edward Allen on page 378, and Back Matter
- Simplified Building Design for Wind and Earthquake Forces by James Ambrose in Back Matter
- Fundamentals of Building Construction: WITH Studio Companion by Edward Allen in Back Matter
- Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods by Edward Allen in Back Matter
- Structural Analysis: Using Classical and Matrix Methods by James K. Nelson Jr. in Back Matter
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- Timber Construction for Architects and Builders by Eliot Goldstein on page 263, and page 453
- Shaping Structures: Statics (Simplified Design Guides) by Waclaw Zalewski in Back Matter
- Simplified Design of Steel Structures (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) by James Ambrose in Back Matter
- Simplified Design of Wood Structures (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) by Harry Parker in Back Matter
- 202 Things You Can Make and Sell for Big Profits (202 Things You Can Make & Sell for Big Profits) by James Stephenson on page 178
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