TRUSS

SUBMITTED BY-
ROOHUL AMEEN
INTRODUCTION
•TRIANGLE IS THE MOST STABLE FORM AND HENCE IT PROVIDES THE
STABILITY TO STRUCTURE(MOST).
•A TRUSS IS A STRUCTURE COMPRISING ONE OR MORE TRIANGULAR UNITS.
•A STRUCTURE OF BEAMS CONNECTED AT THEIR ENDS.
•IT IS USED IN ROOF WHERE THE LONG SPAN IS NEEDED UPTO 6 TO 9 MTS.
•IT CAN BE USE IN MANY PLACES LIKE
FOR HIGH TENSION WIRES
ROOFS
BRIDGES
STADIUMS
•TRUSS MEMBERS ARE CONNECTED AT
THEIR ENDS ONLY.

•THE WEIGHT OF EACH MEMBER IS

ASSUMED TO ACT AT THE JOINTS(HALF AT
EACH JOINT).

•ALL THE LOAD MUST BE APPLIED AT THE TRUSS

JOINTS (MEMBERS DONOT BEAR LOADS).

•STRINGERS (JOISTS OR I-BEAMS)ARE USED

IN BRIDGES TO TRANSFER LOADS TO JOINTS.
HOW TO SOLVE:-
•TRUSSES ACT IN A PLANE AND ARE •TAKE TRUSS AS A SINGLE
CONSIDERED 2 DIMENSIONAL STURCTURES. STRUCTURE AND DETERMINE
OUTSIDE FORCES ACTING ON
•FROCES AT EACH JOINT ARE ASSUMED TO THE TURSS.
ACT ON PINS AND ACT AS A SINGLE FORCE •DETERMINE WHICH MEMBERS
WITH NO COUPLE. ARE UNDER TENSION OR
COMPRESSION.
•US ƩFx, Ʃfy AT EACH JOINT TO
FIND ALL FORCES.
EXAMPLES OF ROOF TRUSSES:-
EXAMPLES OF BRIDGE TRUSSES:-

PRATT
HOWE

WARREN

BALTIMORE K TRUSS
(SUB STRUCTURE OF TRUSSES)
 OTHER TYPES OF TRUSSES:-

STADIUM ROOF COVERING

•LARGE EXPANSION WITH NO

SUPPORT AT THE END.

•COLOSSEUM:-ROMANS DIDN’T HAD

THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUSSES OR
OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE
CREATED MORE WONDERS OF
ARCHITECTURE.

•UNLIMITED SHAPES OF TRUSSES.

TENSION AND COMPRESSION:-

•THE KEY TO DETERMINE THE INTERNAL FORCES ON THE TRUSS MEMBERS IS

TO DETERMINE WHICH MEMBERS ARE UNDER TENSION AND WHICH
MEMBERS ARE UNDER COMPRESSION .

•FORCES ONLY ACT ALONG THE LENGTH OF MEMBERS.

JOINTS MEMBER IS PULLING THE JOI

TENSION
TENSION

COMPRESSION

COMPRESSION

MEMBER IS PUSHING THE JOINTS

JOINTS AND MEMBERS:-
•EACH JOINT AND EACH MEMBER IS IN STATIC EQUILLIBRIUM

FORCE OF PULLING BY MEMBER ON JO

FORCE OF PUSHING BY MEMBER ON JOINT FROCE OF PUSHING B
MEMBER ON JOINT
COMPRESSION
COMPRESSION
TENSION

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