Truss

The trusses on the John Hancock Center in Chicago

A truss is a structure that has beams, called members, across a structure such as a building or bridge to give it more support.[1]

  1. Plesha, Michael E.; Gray, Gary L.; Costanzo, Francesco (2013). Engineering Mechanics: Statics (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. pp. 364–407. ISBN 978-0-07-338029-2.

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