TIMBER TRUSS BOTTOM & TOP BOOM DESIGN

DESIGN DATA
Try Section Size
breadth of section

b 50mm

Depth of section

h 100mm
2

Cross-sectional area

A 1 10 A m

A b h

Ixx

Second moment of area

1bh
12

mm

Ixx 4.167 10 mm
3

Iyy
Second moment of area

1b h
12

Iyy 1.042 10 mm

ry

Radius of gyration

b
12

ry 1.443 cm

rx

Radius of gyration

h
12

rx 2.887 cm

section modulus

Zxx

1b h
6
4

Zxx 4.167 10 mm

MEMBER DETAILS
tensile force

Ft 11.3kN

Length

Lx 1.45m

K FACTORS
BS 5268-2

K2 1

Service Class 1(k2, table 13

K3 1

Load duration (k3, Table 14)

Notched end effect (K5,

K5 1

Clause 2.10.4)

Form factor (K6, Clause 2.10.5)

K6 1

Depth factor (K7, Clause 2.10.6)

K7 1.0

no load sharing (K8, Clause 2.9)

K8 1.0

GRADE STRESSES
Ministry of Public Works Timmber information Manual 1990
seasoned cypress grade SS
N

m.g.pa 5.9

Bending parallel to grain

mm
Compression parallel to grain

c.g.pa 4.4

mm

mm
g.pa 0.7

shear parallel to grain

N
mm

Emean 8000

mean modulus of elasticity

t.g.pa 2.9

Tension parallel to grain

N
mm

minimum modulus of elasticity

Emin 4000

N
mm

TENSILE RESISTANCE
Tension member modification factor K14
width of member <72mm

K14 1.17

for no notch

for d > 72mm

permissible tensile stress

t.adm.pa t.g.pa K2 K3 K8 K14
N

t.adm.pa 3.393

mm
Applied tensile stress

Ft

t.a

A
t.a 2.26

N
mm

is < t.adm.pa

OK

AXIAL LOAD WITH MOMENT CHECK

RATIO

t.a
t.adm.pa

IS <1

0.666

OK

BS 5268 DEFLECTION CHECK FOR THE WHOLE TRUSS

2.10.8

Maximum nodal displacement from analysis results node 3

span of truss

Permissible deflection

m 3.38mm

Ls 4.3m

p 0.003Ls

p 12.9 mm

DEFLECTION OK.