BAA 3223 STEEL AND TIMBER DESIGN SEM 2 2017/2018

Assignment 1

A roof truss of an industrial building which is a cantilever roof truss. The truss is fixed to a
column, (refer Chiller Plant Room drawing attach). The purlins supporting loads from the
roof are positioned on each node of the top chord. At the bottom chord, the truss is 2.5 m c/c.
Welded connections are used at all nodes and used steel grade S275. The external load to be
carried by the purlins and truss are:
Roof cladding and purlin = 0.5 kN/m2
Truss = 0.2 kN/m2
Imposed Load = 1.10 kN/m2

i) Design the truss members using 100 x 100 x 5L rectangular section and provide
detail drawing for cantilever roof truss (25 Marks)

ii) Design suitable weld size for each nodes of truss, connection truss to a column and
provide detail drawing for connection. (25 Marks)