Design of Building Trusses
1st Edition
Published on 15. August 1994
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-471-55842-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
1034 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-55842-2 (9780471558422)
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Person
JAMES AMBROSE is Editor of the Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides. He has practiced as an architect in California and Illinois, and as a structural engineer in Illinois. He was a professor of architecture at the University of Southern California.
Content
Partial table of contents:
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT.
Early Uses of Trusses.
The Nineteenth Century.
Early Twentieth Century Construction.
MODERN CONSTRUCTION WITH TRUSSES.
New Design Concerns.
New Truss Systems and Details.
INVESTIGATION AND DESIGN OF PLANAR TRUSSES.
Analysis for Static Forces.
General Considerations for Trusses Construction.
Design of Steel Trusses.
Special Truss Structures.
CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND DESIGN.
Details for Construction.
General Construction Concerns.
GRAPHIC INVESTIGATION FOR TRUSSES.
Use of Graphic Analysis in Design.
COMPUTER-AIDED INVESTIGATION AND DESIGN.
Use of Computers.
Exercises in Computer Use.
References.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Study Aids.
Index.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT.
Early Uses of Trusses.
The Nineteenth Century.
Early Twentieth Century Construction.
MODERN CONSTRUCTION WITH TRUSSES.
New Design Concerns.
New Truss Systems and Details.
INVESTIGATION AND DESIGN OF PLANAR TRUSSES.
Analysis for Static Forces.
General Considerations for Trusses Construction.
Design of Steel Trusses.
Special Truss Structures.
CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND DESIGN.
Details for Construction.
General Construction Concerns.
GRAPHIC INVESTIGATION FOR TRUSSES.
Use of Graphic Analysis in Design.
COMPUTER-AIDED INVESTIGATION AND DESIGN.
Use of Computers.
Exercises in Computer Use.
References.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Study Aids.
Index.