Secondary stresses in bowstring timber trusses

This study was undertaken in order to determine analytically the magnitude of the secondary (i.e., joint deflection induced) moments in the continuous glued-laminated chords of bowstring timber trusses. Traditionally, these moments have been assumed to be small and therefore neglected. The American...

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Main Author: Bradford, John F.
Format: Others
Published: PDXScholar 1983
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Online Access:https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3252
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4259&context=open_access_etds