Gordy2,
Wow, that's cool. Thanks a ton! We'll be doing fully-welded also. To complicate life, the architect has decided he wants full-width skylights in every other bay. So, now I have very little roof diaphragm, and I will be desigining horizontal X-bracing in the skylight bays to resist...
Lutfi,
Thanks. I was wondering about the camber issue - I didn't know whether truss manufacturers did it for bowstrings. My preliminary swipe at it resulted in about 1/4 to 1/2" DL deflection, and I was wondering what that might look like. I'm thinking that cambering might be in order. Even...
JAE,
Thanks for the response. Good point. On that subject, I'm wondering if we need to specify some "TLC" when transporting, storing and erecting these fairly flimsly elements.
Thanks!
Greetings,
I'm getting ready to design a couple of different steel bowstring trusses. Length to depth ratios will be about 6 to 1. I will be using HSS sections. Configuration will be radiused top chord, and suspended bottom chord (top chord bearing), sort of in the Vulcraft frame of...
