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1 total messages Started by Mark Joe Tue, 08 Mar 1994 03:20

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Author: Mark Joe
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 03:20

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To any bridge builders or experts of bridges,

I came upon a description of a bridge design while reading a book on trusses.
The description states that the P Truss(as it was called) was remodeled and its
counterbraces were replaced with stiffening members fastened to the inside of
the post at points near the tops and bottoms and extending to the top and bottom
chords. What I can't figure out is what are stiffening members and how are they
different then counterbraces. Here is the defintion that the book gives for
counterbrace:a diagonal timber or rod which slants upward away from the center
of the bridge, chord: the horizontal timber supporting the floor and the roof,
post: a vertical or upright timber in truss. It does not however give the
definition of stiffening member. Can someone out there shed some light on this
and maybe make this description have more sense?
Thank you

MJ
CHI(College Honors Involvement)
Email: CHI@vms2.macc.wisc.edu
BITNET: CHI@WISCMACC.BITNET

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