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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 />

544 Trusses<br />

The economic span range of the Pratt and Howe trusses may be extended by subdividing<br />

the diagonals and the deck support chord as shown for the Petit truss, Fig.<br />

19.3(h), although this often gives rise to high secondary stresses for short to medium<br />

spans. In the case of the Warren truss the unsupported length of the chords may be<br />

too great for the economic span and depth range; in such a case the modified Warren<br />

truss, Fig. 19.3(d), is more appropriate.<br />

The variable depth type truss such as the Parker, Fig. 19.3(e), offers an aesthetically<br />

pleasing structure. With this type of truss its structural function is emphasized<br />

and the material is economically distributed at the cost of having expensive fabrication<br />

due to the variable length and variable inclination of the web and top chord<br />

members.<br />

For economy the truss depth is ideally set at a fixed proportion of the span.<br />

As the span increases the truss depth and bay width increase accordingly. The bay<br />

width is usually fixed by providing truss nodes on the centrelines of the deck cross-<br />

(NN/ (VVV<br />

(a) (b)<br />

/\/\/\/\/\/<br />

(c) (d)<br />

(e) (f)<br />

I I<br />

(g) (h)<br />

Fig. 19.3 Common types of bridge trusses: (a) Pratt, (b) Howe, (c) Warren, (d) modified<br />

Warren, (e) Parker, (f) K, (g) diamond, (h) Petit

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