Roof Truss Experiment Lab Report

Truss structures lab report abstract this experiment involved the creation of a warren truss bridge in an attempt to experimentally validate the mathematical methods commonly used to theoretically evaluate structural stability and integrity.

Roof truss experiment lab report.

Project report on truss bridge. Please sign in or register to post comments. Lab report for engineering lab 2. Truss bridge geometry materials common truss bridges are from steel.

Introduction the purpose of this lab report is to analyze how accurate the theoretical analyses of different trusses are. For this purpose two of the four aluminum made trusses namely warren truss and pratt truss are analyzed first experimentally and than theoretically. Statics design bridge report course outline. You will apply the load at the center of the truss as shown and record the strain.

In class wednesday 11 26 08 overview a three dimensional truss is tested under transverse loading and the load deflection characteristics and the internal bar member strains are measured. Questions experiment 1 tensile testing of metals arc visualizer adv m b. What you will do in the lab. Set loads were applied to the structure and used to determine the axial forces in various members of the truss throughout the course of the experiment and.

Cantilever truss lab report. The application of truss also can be apply in the roof construction. Roof truss statics lab. Academia edu is a platform for academics to share research papers.

The instructions to set up the strain gage are given on the p3500 box. Experiment 3 roof truss 2. The thickness of the gusset is in the range of 8 mm to 12 mm in the case of roof trusses and it can be as high as 22 mm in the case of bridge trusses. Tuesday 11 18 08 laboratory work.

The design of gussets is usually by rule of thumb. Civil engineering baa uploaded by. The truss in class session. A truss is a common and basic design in bridge structures.

Royal melbourne institute of technology. It is a compilation of straight members organized to transmit any load to entire structure zureick 51. Wednesday friday 11 19 21 08 laboratory report due. Roof trusses are frames made up of timber that is nailed.

In short span 8 12 m roof trusses the member forces are smaller. 1 0 objective of the experiment 2 2 0 learning outcome 2 3 0 theory 2 4 0.