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Architectural elements > Trusses, architecture

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Trusses, architecture  

Definition

  • Assemblages of members (as beams, bars, or rods) typically arranged in a triangle or combinations of triangles to form a rigid framework (as for supporting a load over a wide area) that cannot be deformed by the application of exterior force without deformation of one or more of its members. [AAT]

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Notation

  • 306963

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-KQXBMP2M-2

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