Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Closed truss: A truss with a tie beam; or; Roof framing with a ceiling so the framing is not visible. Open truss: A truss with an interrupted tie beam or scissor truss which allow a vaulted ceiling area; or; Roof framing open to view, not hidden by a ceiling. [4]
This style of vaulted ceiling is known as a cathedral ceiling. “Cathedral ceilings normally mirror the roof structure and have sides that slope and meet at a ridge in the center,” says Maggie ...
A scissors truss is a kind of truss used primarily in buildings, in which the bottom chord members cross each other, connecting to the angled top chords at a point intermediate on the top chords' length, creating an appearance similar to an opened pair of scissors. Scissors trusses are used almost entirely in building construction to support a ...
Gothic rib vault ceiling of the Saint-Séverin church in Paris Interior elevation view of a Gothic cathedral, with rib-vaulted roof highlighted. In architecture, a vault (French voûte, from Italian volta) is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof.
The weight of the roof is thus supported by buttresses and columns, preventing downward and outward movement of the stave walls. [6] [7] The roof beams are supported by steeply angled scissor trusses that form an "X" shape with a narrow top span and a broader bottom span, tied by a bottom truss to prevent collapse. Additional support is given ...
A team of carpenters vowed crowds Saturday while using medieval techniques to raise up — by hand — a 3-ton oak truss in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as part of the church’s rebuild.
The CJ-Series Joists are capable of supporting larger floor or roof loadings due to the attachment of the concrete slab to the top chord of the composite joist. Shear connection between the concrete slab and steel joist is typically made by the welding of shear studs through the steel deck to the underlying CJ-Series Composite Steel Joist.
A hammer-beam is a form of timber roof truss, allowing a hammerbeam roof to span greater than the length of any individual piece of timber.In place of a normal tie beam spanning the entire width of the roof, short beams – the hammer beams – are supported by curved braces from the wall, and hammer posts or arch-braces are built on top to support the rafters and typically a collar beam.