Fink Roof Truss Analysis
Roof dead load 15 lb ft2 c.
Fink roof truss analysis. 2 grade of douglas fir and maximum span floor joists imperial units. Roof live load 25 lb ft2 b. Albert fink designed his truss bridges for several american railroads especially the baltimore and ohio and the louisville and nashville the 1865 annual report of the president and directors of the louisville and nashville railroad company lists 29 fink truss bridges out of a total of 66 bridges on the railroad. Modulus of rigidity shear modulus modulus of rigidity is the elasticity coefficient for shearing or torsion force.
Simple truss analysis part 1. This free online truss and roof calculator generates the axial forces and reactions of completely customisable 2d truss structures. Horizontal roof rafters maximum span douglas fir in horizontal roof rafters and maximum span. Problem 425 fink truss by method of sections up problem 427 interior members of nacelle truss by method of sections 36679 reads subscribe to mathalino on.
The fink truss bridge was patented by albert fink in 1854. Wood truss construction drawings shall be prepared by a registered and licensed engineer as per irc 2012 sec. Maximum floor joist span no. The truss manufacturer will calculate final loads metal plate sizing member sizing webs and chord deflections based on local climatic and or seismic conditions.
2 0 load analysis span of roof truss 7 2m spacing of the truss 3 0m nodal spacing of the trusses 1 2m. Calculate the tension and compression forces on each member given the load requirements below. Each truss is responsible for a 2 foot section through the roof as trusses are typically placed 24 apart and thus must carry 12 on either side. Ceiling dead load 10.