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Truss

A truss is an assembly of members such as beams, connected by nodes, that creates a rigid structure.

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Truss

Nodes100
Edges99
Triples129
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02
Components1

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Truss

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related to Gallery · 17
Truss → Auckland Harbour BridgeThe Auckland, Bailey, Belt Bridge, China Tower, Cluny Abbey, DenmarkPre-fabricated, FranceA, Gauss, Harbour Bridge, Hong Kong, Montreal QuébecThree-dimensional, Northern AustraliaRoof, Support, The Hong Kong Bank, The HSBC Main Building, The Woodlands MallElectricity, Watchman Island
related to Pratt truss · 11
Truss → Arizona, Boston, Caleb Pratt, Pratt, Tempe, The, The Pratt, The Southern Pacific Railroad, Therefore, This, Thomas Willis Pratt
related to Post-frame structures · 8
Truss → Component, Depending, Exact, In, Solid-sawn, The, With, Wood
related to Vierendeel structure · 8
Truss → Arthur Vierendeel, As, Belgian, In, It, The, This, Vierendeel
related to Transfer trusses · 6
Truss → Because, Common, In, The, They, To
related to Bowstring truss · 5
Truss → Many, Named, Pratt, Thousands, World War II
related to Design of members · 5
Truss → I-beam, In, Individually, The, Which
related to Statics · 5
Truss → Analysis, In, Newton's, Newton's Laws, Trusses
is a · 4
Truss → assembly of members such as beams, deep, roof or floor truss whose wood members are connected with metal connector plates.Warren trussTruss members form a series of equilateral triangles, three-dimensional framework of members pinned at their ends
related to Analysis · 4
Truss → Because, However, Provided, The

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members forces trusses joints compression structure tension member used design two loads bending frame moments space shear nodes structural shape

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Trussis aassembly of members such as beams0.90text
Trussis athree-dimensional framework of members pinned at their ends0.90text
Trussis aroof or floor truss whose wood members are connected with metal connector plates.Warren trussTruss members form a series of equilateral triangles0.90text
Trussis adeep0.90text
beamsinstance ofA truss is an assembly of members0.80text
connected by nodesinstance ofA truss is an assembly of members0.80text
that creates a rigid structure.In engineeringinstance ofA truss is an assembly of members0.80text
a truss is a structure thatinstance ofA truss is an assembly of members0.80text
a cruck frame or a couple of raftersinstance ofThe term truss has often been used to describe any assembly of members0.80text
bicyclesinstance ofand in other mechanical structures0.80text
aircraftinstance ofand in other mechanical structures0.80text
used for a roofThis electrical pylon is a three-dimensional truss structureinstance ofand they are also employed in the base structures of large free-standing power-line pylons.Simple tetrahedronDiagram of a space frame0.80text

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