A STRUCTURAL FRAME BASED ON THE GEOMETRIC RIGIDITY OF THE TR

POSED OF LINEAR MEMBERS SUBJECT ONLY TO AXIAL TENSION OR COMP

TOP AND BOTTOM CHORDS
= PRINCIPAL MEMBERS

CONNECTED BY WEB MEMBERS

= INTEGRAL SYSTEM

PANEL
= SPACES WITHIN THE WEB OF A TR

HEEL
= LOWER SUPPORTED END OF A TR
PANEL POINTS : ANY JOINT BETWEEN
PRINCIPAL WEB MEMBER AND A CHORD

A TRUSS MUST BE LOADED ONLY AT ITS PANEL POINTS, IF ITS MEMBERS ARE
SUBJECTED TO ONLY AXIAL COMPRESSION AND TENSION
TO PREVENT SECONDARY STRESSES FROM DEVELOPING, THE CENTROIDAL AXI
OF ALL THE TRUSS MEMBERS AND THE LOAD AT A JOINT SHOULD PASS

DEPTH RANGE FOR PITHED TRUSSES

: SPAN/4 TO SPAN/5
DEPTH RANGE FOR BOWSTRING TRU
SLOPED/TRIANGULAR/PITCHED ROOF TRUSS
: SPAN/6 TO SPAN/8

SPAN RANGE 7M TO 36 M

CURVED TOP AND BOTTOM CHORDS ROOF TRUSS

FLAT ROOF TRUSS

TAL OR ASBESTOS SHEET ROOF DECKING

C/ W CHANNEL PURLINS
O SUPORT THE ROOF DECKING

STEEL BEARING PLATE

STRUCTURAL STEEL COLUMN

MEMBERS ARE BOLTED OR

CONNECTED WITH
GUSSET PLATE CONNECTIONS

LATERAL BRACING
CONDUITS /SERVICE PIPES

TYPES OF TRUSSES

AL WEB MEMBERS IN COMPRESSION , DIAGONAL IN TENSION

NT TO USE WHEN LONGER WEB MEMBERS ARE LOADED IN TENSIO

PAN RANGE : 6 TO 10 M GRAVITY LOADS

PRATT TRUS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

PRATT TRUS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

AL WEB MEMBERS IN TENSION , DIAGONAL IN COMPRESSION

NT TO USE WHEN LONGER WEB MEMBERS ARE LOADED IN TENSIO

N RANGE : 6 TO 30 M UPLIFT LOADS

MPLE : OPEN BUILDINGS SUCH AS AIRCRAFT HANGERS

HOWE TRUSS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

AL WEB MEMBERS IN TENSION , DIAGONAL IN COMPRESSION

NT TO USE WHEN LONGER WEB MEMBERS ARE LOADED IN TENSIO

HOWE TRUSS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

AL WEB MEMBERS IN TENSION , DIAGONAL IN COMPRESSION

NT TO USE WHEN LONGER WEB MEMBERS ARE LOADED IN TENSIO

HOWE TRUSS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

LY INCLINED WEB MEMBERS

PPORTING LARGE SLOPED ROOFS

PANS UPTO 24M

C
C
C
C

T
T

BELGIAN TRUS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

SUBDIAGONALS TO REDUCE THE LENGT

OF COMPRESSION MEMBER
TOWARDS THE CENTER LINE OF THE SP

MONLY USED TO CONSTRUCT ROOFS IN HOUSES

NK TRUSS- SPAN 6M-15M

TYPES OF TRUSSES

USED FOR SHORT SPANS IN INDUSTRIAL WORKSHOP

TYPE BUILDINGS
NATURAL LIGHTING BY USE OF STEEPER PITCH
WHICH GENERALLY FACES
NORTH OR NORTH EAST.

SPAN IS MORE THAN 15 M AND UPTO

30 M
.

ONE OF THE OLDEST AND ECONOMICAL METHOD

FINK TRUSS

NORTH LIGHT TRUS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

OF TRUSSES ARE FIXED TO GIRDERS

AN LATTICE GIRDERS WHICH SUPPORTS TRUSSES AT RIGHT ANGL

FINK TRUSS

NORTH LIGHT TRUS

FINK TRUSS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

NORTH LIGHT TRUS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

A VARIATION OF NORTHLIGHT ROOF TRUSS

FINK TRUSS

SAW TOOTH TRUSS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

BUTTERFLY TRUSS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

P AND BOTTOM CHORDS ARE PARALLEL

FLAT TRUSSE

TYPES OF TRUSSES

SPAN RANGE : 10 TO 50

FLAT TRUSSE

TYPES OF TRUSSES

AN RANGE : 20 TO 100

INCLINED WEB MEMBERS FORMING

A SERIES OF EQUILATERAL
TRAINGLE
VERTICAL MEMBERS ARE
INTRODUCED TO REDUCE THE
M
PANEL LENGTHS OF THE TOPCHORD
WHICH IS COMPRESSION.

WARREN TRUS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

CURVED TOP CHORD

VERTICAL MEMBERS ARE
INTRODUCED TO REDUCE THE
PANEL LENGTHS OF THE TOPCHORD
WHICH IS COMPRESSION.

SPANS 12M-36M

BOWSTRING TRUS

TYPES OF TRUSSES

escent roof truss

CURVED UPWARDS TOP &BOTTO

CHORD

RAISED CHORDTRU

PANS 6M-10MTYPES OF TRUSSES

cissors roof truss

SCISSORS TRUSSES HAVE TENSIO

MEMBERS
EXTENDING FROM THE FOOT OF
EACH TOP CHORD TO AN
INTERMEDIATE POINT ON THE
OPPOSITE CHORD

RAISED CHORDTRU

TYPES OF TRUSSES
TubularSteel roof trussesare used for large
span constructions
Such as factories, industry worksheds,
shopping malls, huge exhibition centres,
multiplexes etc.
They are generally used for spans as large

as 25-30m.

There is a similar kind of a truss called

Tubular Steel Monitor Roof Truss.
There are projections on the roofs called
Monitors to admit daylight into the space.

RAISED CHORDTRU

TYPES OF TRUSSES

RAISED CHORDTRU

Uses of Tubular Steel Monitor Roof

Truss

It is used in large span constructions such as:

Factories, Large Community Meeting Halls,
Industrial Work Zone and
Shopping Malls.

RAISED CHORDTRU

Advantages of Tubular Steel Roof

Trusses
Structures designed for material handling
equipments (e.g., a bridge and a tower crane)
where weight savings may be very substantial
economic consideration.
30% to 40% less surface area than that rolled
steel sections. Therefore, the cost of
maintenance, cost of painting or protective
coatings reduce considerably.
The moisture and dirt do not collect on the
smooth external surface of the tubes.
Therefore, the possibility of corrosion also
reduces.
The ends of tubes are sealed. As a result of
this, the interior surface is not subjected to

TYPES OF SECTIONS USED IN TRUSSES

For smaller spans, tee

sections are frequently
used for chords,

anglesused as internal
members

TYPES OF SECTIONS USED IN TRUSSES

back to back angles are

usedFor longer spans and
heavier loads

for large trusses and heavier loads

rolled section steel member are used

CONNECTIONS USED IN TRUSSES