11 Types of Trusses [The MOST Used]
Trusses are commonly used as roof or bridge structures. But there are so many different types. Read more to pick the right type.
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Steel Beam Design – A Step-By-Step Guide
Check out this guide to learn how to design steel beams for bending, shear, buckling and deflection.
Steel Column Design – Complete Guide (2023)
Learn How to Verify Steel Column Cross-Sections for Compression and Buckling.
Timber flat roof beam design – Structural calculation and dimensioning
A step-by-step guide on how to design & calculate a flat wood roof.
Timber truss roof design: A structural guide
A step-by-step guide on how to calculate & design a wood truss roof.
Timber Rafter roof design: Complete guide of structural calculations
Step-by-step guide on how to design & dimension the wood rafters of a rafter roof.
Collar beam design: Structural calculation of a timber roof
After covering the basics like loads, load combinations, design of timber beams and the design of timber rafters and purlins, it’s now time to design another roof type – the collar beam or collar roof….
Steel to Timber connection – Beam to beam – An example of a flat roof connection
One key aspect of dimensioning timber elements such as beams and columns is the timber connection design. The structural elements can be well verified for bending, shear, deflection, buckling, etc. but when designing the connection…
Timber column design: An example of a highrise building column
After designing some roof elements like rafters, purlins and beams, it is now time to look at structural timber columns. Some of the concepts of designing timber elements have been mentioned in previous articles. Therefore,…
Timber Purlin roof design – Complete guide
After we have designed the rafters of the purlin roof in the last article, we are now applying the support forces of the rafters to the purlins and design those elements…. Sounds exciting, right?🔥 Let’s…