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This material is copyright - all rights reserved. Reproduced under licence from The <strong>Steel</strong> Construction Institute on 12/2/2007<br />

To buy a hardcopy version of this document call 01344 872775 or go to http://shop.steelbiz.<strong>org</strong>/<br />

<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

542 Trusses<br />

(a) (b)<br />

(c)<br />

(e)<br />

V/\V\V\V\1<br />

(q) (h)<br />

(d)<br />

(f)<br />

t t<br />

Fig. 19.1 Common types of roof trusses: (a) Pratt – pitched, (b) Howe, (c) Fink, (d) mansard,<br />

(e) Pratt – flat, (f) Warren, (g) modified Warren, (h) saw-tooth<br />

Fig. 19.1(g), may be adopted where additional restraint to the chords is required<br />

(this also reduces secondary stresses). The modified Warren truss requires more<br />

material than the parallel-chord Pratt truss, but this is offset by its symmetry and<br />

pleasing appearance. The saw-tooth or butterfly truss, Fig. 19.1(h), is just one of<br />

many examples of trusses used in multi-bay buildings, although the other types<br />

described above are equally suitable.

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