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Timber roof truss
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A timber roof truss is a structural framework of
timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and
to provide support for a roof. Trusses usually occur at
regular intervals, linked by longitudinal timbers such as
purlins. The space between cach truss is known as a
bay.)
Timber roof trusses were a medieval development.
Earlier roofs had been supported by coupled rafters —
pairs of rafters linked by horizontal beams. But such
roofs were structurally weak, and lacking any
Jongitudinal support were prone to racking, a collapse Two King post trusses linked to support a roof
resulting from horizontal movement, Key:1: ridge board, 2: purlins, 3: common rafters.
This is an example of a "double roof" with
principal rafters and common rafters,
Contents
= 1 History
2 Closed trusses
= 2.1 King post truss
= 2.2 Queen post truss
= 23 Liegender Stuhl
3 Open trusses
= 3.1 Arch-braced truss
= 3.2 Hammerbeam truss
= 3.3 Scissor truss
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
History
The top members of a truss are known generically as the top chord, bottom members as the bottom chord,
and the interior members as webs. In historic carpentry the top chords are often called rafters, and the
bottom chord is an often a tie beam. There are two main types of timber roof trusses: closed, in which the
bottom chord is horizontal and at the foot of the truss, and open, in which the bottom chords are raised to
provide more open space, also known as raised bottom chord trusses. 1
Closed trusses
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The terms closed truss and open truss are used in two ways to describe characteristies of truss roofs, Closed
truss: 1) A truss with a tie beam; 2) a roof system with a ceiling so the framing is not visible. Open truss: 1)
A truss with an interrupted tie beam or scissor truss which allow a vaulted ceiling area; 2) Roof framing
open to view, not hidden by a ceiling.
King post truss
A king post truss has two principal rafters, a tie beam, and a central
vertical king post.[5] The simplest of trusses, it is commonly used in
conjunction with two angled struts.
The king post is normally under tension, and requires quite
sophisticated joints with the tie beam and principal rafters. Ina
variation known as a king bolt (rod) truss the king post is replaced
by a metal bolt (rod), usually of wrought iron.
King post truss,
Key: I: King post,
3: principal raflers, 4: struts,
tie beam,
Queen post truss
A queen post truss has two principal rafters and two vertical queen
posts.!5! The queen post truss extends the span, and combined with
spliced joints in the longer members extends the useful span for
trusses of these types. As with a king post, the queen posts may be
replaced with iron rods and thus called a queen rod truss. This truss
is often known as a palladiana (Palladian truss) in Italy, as it was
frequently used by the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio.{5ll@]
Sometimes a palladian truss is defined as a compound truss with a
queen post and king post truss in the same assembly |7]
Queen post truss. ‘The queen post truss and the king post truss may be combined, by
Key: 1: Queen posts, 2: tie beam, using the straining beam of the queen post truss as the tie beam for a
3: straining beam, 4 principal king post truss above.!*] Such combinations are known as compound
rafters. trusses.
Liegender Stubl
Liegender stuhl is a truss of German origin, the German name is used in America. This truss is found in
some 18th and 19th-century buildings where Germans settled in the U.S. The literal translation is "lying
chair", lying meaning the top chords are angled or leaning and chair in the sense of a support, in this case a
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post or truss.!°! Carpenters in the Netherlands also used this truss where it is spelled liggende stoe!.!11
German illustration of a purlin roof
with liegendem stuhl truss highlighted
in blue
Open trusses
Arch-braced truss
Lacking a tie beam,!""! the arch-braced (arched brace)|'2I truss gives
a more open look to the interior of the roof. The principal rafters are
linked by a collar beam supported by a pair of arch braces, which
stiffen the structure and help to transmit the weight of the roof down
through the principal rafters to the supporting wall. A double arch
braced truss!!2] has a second pair of arched braces lower down, from
the rafter to a block or inner sill: This form is called a wagon,
cradle, barrel or tunnel roof because of this cylindrical
appearance.|!3]
A single arch-braced truss,
Key: 1: principal rafters, 2: collar
beam, 3: arch braces.
Hammerbeam truss
‘The hammerbeam roof was the culmination of the development of the arch-braced truss, allowing greater
spaces to be spanned. The hammerbeam roof of Westminster Hall in London, designed by Hugh Herland
and installed between 1395 and 1399, was the largest timber-roofed space in medieval Europe, spanning a
distance of just over 20 metres (66 ft).!'41 It is considered to be the best example of a hammer-beam truss in
England_!!5]
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Hammer beam trusses can have a single hammerbeam or multiple hammerbeams. A false hammerbeam
roof (truss) has two definitions: 1) There is no hammer post on the hammer beam!'61l7] as sometimes found
ina type of arch brace truss!!8! or; 2)The hammer beam joins into the hammer post instead of the hammer
post landing on the hammer beam_!91
Chambers 1908 single hammerbeam
truss
Scissor truss
The scissor truss gets its name from being shaped like a pair of
shears (scissors). Two defining features of a scissor truss are: 1) the
joint where the bottom chords pass (the hinge of a pair of scissors)
must be firmly connected and 2) the rafter (top chord) feet must land
on the bottom chords. If the bottom chords join to the under-side of
A scissor truss the top chords the assembly is said to be "scissor braced"4) rather
See also
= Timber framing
= Truss bridge
= Reciprocal frame
= Bent (structural)
References
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Notes
a. The palladiana had been used in Italy for many years before Palladio's time, but has been given his name because
of its extensive use in the buildings he designed.!*1
Citations
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2. Steane (1984), p. 196
3. Lewandoski, Jan, Jack Sobon, and Kenneth Rower. Historic American roof trusses. Becket, MA: Timber
Framers Guild, 2006. 48. ISBN 0970664346
4. Domestic Buildings Research Group (Surrey, England),
http://www. dbrg.org, uk/GLOSSARY/Open?%20truss, htm!
5. Glossary of Australian Building Terms — Third Edition (NCRB)
6. Valeriani, Simona (August 2006), "The Roofs of Wren and Jones: A Seventeenth-Century Migration of
Technical Knowledge from Italy to England”. Working Papers on the Nature of Evidence. How Well Do ‘Facts’
Travel?", (PDF), Department of Economic History, London School of Economies
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7. Proceedings of the Third Annual Congress on Construction History, May 2009, Figure 1, based on Sachero, C.,
1864: Sulla stabilita delle armature dei tetti. Giornale del Genio Militare 2, 250
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