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FRAMED STRUCTURE. Universidad Simón Bolívar January – March 2010 English 2 Student: Dafne Pozo. Introduction. A framed structure is a structure supported mainly by skeleton.
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FRAMED STRUCTURE Universidad Simón Bolívar January – March 2010 English 2 Student: DafnePozo
Introduction • A framed structure is a structure supported mainly by skeleton. • Rigid frames have fixed joints that enablethe frames to resist lateral forces; other frames require diagonal bracing or shear walls and diaphragms for lateral stability. TheframedStructurefunctionisstabilityorstaticallytheconstruction.
History Great Pyramid of Giza PrehistoricEdifications TwoTowers of Bologna Saint-Eustache church. Paris, France The Eiffel Tower
Kinds of framed structure • Jetties A jetty is an upper floor that depends on a cantilever system in which a horizontal beam, the jetty bressummer, on which the wall above rests, projects outward beyond the floor below. Projecting ("jettied") upperstories of anEnglishhalf-timberedvillageterracedhouse, Thejettiesare plainly visible.
Kinds of framed structure • Timbers The vertical timbers include: • Post(main supports at corners and other major uprights) • Wall studs (subsidiary upright limbs in framed walls), for example, close studding. The horizontal timbers include: • sill-beams (also called ground-sills or sole-pieces, at the bottom of a wall into which posts and studs are fitted using tenons). • noggin-pieces (the horizontal timbers forming the tops and bottoms of the frames of infill-panels). • wall-plates (at the top of timber-framed walls that support the trusses and joists of the roof. Porch of a moderntimber-framedhouse
Material Framed Structures. • Wood • Concrete
Iron • Steel