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Volume 2, Issue 1
1 January 1984
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Structural Survey
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E. Gummesson;
E. Gummesson
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C. Mele;
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Review Article| January 01 1984

Trussed rafter roofs — Load distribution and lateral stability Available to Purchase

A.P. Mayo
A.P. Mayo
Senior Scientific Officer at BRE Princes Risborough Laboratory
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6844
Print ISSN: 0263-080X
© MCB UP Limited
1984
Structural Survey (1984) 2 (1): 12–15.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb006175

This paper (originally published as IS 24/78) summarises the load sharing capabilities of the components of a laboratory test roof constructed with fink trussed rafters. The lateral stability of the roof with different diagonal bracing systems in the plane of the rafters was assessed.

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