Raised chord truss design
Raised chord truss design
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Hi
Could somebody put me on the right line i'm designing a truss as above and this is my methodology.
Max moment = vertical reaction x horz. dist. to tie.
comp in rafter = vertical reaction/ sin pitch angle
tension in tie = ??????????
thrust = vertical reaction x cos pitch angle
load = 1/2 @ point loads at apex and 1/4 @ each wall plate?
Confusion is the only thing I'm sure of at the moment.
Thanks
Andy
Could somebody put me on the right line i'm designing a truss as above and this is my methodology.
Max moment = vertical reaction x horz. dist. to tie.
comp in rafter = vertical reaction/ sin pitch angle
tension in tie = ??????????
thrust = vertical reaction x cos pitch angle
load = 1/2 @ point loads at apex and 1/4 @ each wall plate?
Confusion is the only thing I'm sure of at the moment.
Thanks
Andy





RE: Raised chord truss design
Sounds like you might be on the right track. Just go back to your basic statics....
RE: Raised chord truss design
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Raised chord truss design
RE: Raised chord truss design
You are talking about a "collar tie" condition.
There have been several discussions regarding this in the structural forum here. Have you tried the search engine yet?
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Raised chord truss design
Be careful and use the Hankinson formula correctly when figuring out the connection of the collar tie to the top chord members. Sometimes helps to double up the collar tie - one on each side of the top chord - to double the allowable shear loads to the connectors.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Raised chord truss design
the moment might be very high at the collar joint - the higher the collar - the higher the moment.
as noted - that connection might be a bit of a bitch.
you need to check for deflection or thrust from the chords to the walls. Might/might not be a problem.
My house has the same roof type. One day, rather bored - I sat down and quickly analyzed it. Didn't really make it but it has been up 40 years with no apparent problems and I sure as hell am not going to change anything - even if it were possible.
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So what I am saying on the first page is right?
Would anyone be willing to send me a sample or point me in the diraection of one.
I really hate relying on computor outputs for my calcs.
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Garth Dreger PE - AZ Phoenix area
As EOR's we should take the responsibility to design our structures to support the components we allow in our design per that industry standards.
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Back to confusion
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Max moment may come from the joint. Check all cases.
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If you are using nodes at 24" o.c. maximum, with a minimum of five between member to member connection points.
But if you are using nodes only at member to member connection points than the calculation will give the tension and compression forces in the members. You still have to account for the bending forces from the plf loads.
Garth Dreger PE - AZ Phoenix area
As EOR's we should take the responsibility to design our structures to support the components we allow in our design per that industry standards.
RE: Raised chord truss design
You will have to control the lateral spreading with the stiffness of the rafters.
This is a simple problem, really.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Raised chord truss design
It may be a simple problem and once I am confident on how to design one (or check a computer output on paper) I'm sure it will be simple. But at the moment I have no confidence in my calcs. When I go through the checks the compression is high with very little moment. So I'm guessing this is ignored in the rafter/ tie design and just used in the connection design?
Thanks again
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RE: Raised chord truss design
That said, you still need to do a combined forces test - in your case Moment % + compression %. Also, the rafters will need some type of lateral bracing - say plywood roof or girts. But it needs to be checked also.
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