The Design of Simple Roof Trusses in Wood and Steel - With an Introduction to the Elements of Graphic Statics

The Design of Simple Roof Trusses in Wood and Steel - With an Introduction to the Elements of Graphic Statics

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Publisher's Synopsis

This text contains a comprehensive treatise on the design of roof-trusses, including information on wooden and steel roofs, materials and their strengths, beams and trusses, and including an introduction to the elements of graphic statics. Complete with detailed diagrams and in-depth, scientific details, this text will be of much value to professionals looking for an aid to their work which includes the designing and construction of roof-trusses. The chapters of this book include: Equilibrium, The Force Polygon, Forces not in Equilibrium - Force Required to Produce Equilibrium as far as Motion of Translation is Concerned, Perfect Equilibrium, The Equilibrium Polygon, Application of the Equilibrium Polygon in Finding Reactions, Parallel Forces, Graphical Multiplication, and many more. This antique text was originally published in 1912, and we are proud to republish it now compete with a new introduction on the subject.

Book information

ISBN: 9781446064450
Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
Imprint: Spencer Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 170
Weight: 224g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 9mm