Table of Contents
1StaggeredTrussFramingSystems
1.1AdvantagesofStaggeredTrusses
1.2MaterialDescription
1.3FramingLayout
1.4Responsibilities
1.5DesignMethodology
1.6DesignPresentation
2DiaphragmActionwithHollowCoreSlabs
2.1GeneralInformation
2.2DistributionofLateralForces
2.3TransverseShearinDiaphragm
2.4DiaphragmChords
3DesignofTrussMembers
3.1HandandComputerCalculations
3.2LiveLoadReduction
3.3GravityLoads
3.4LateralLoads
3.5LoadCoefficients
3.6VerticalandDiagonalMembers
3.7TrussChords
3.8ComputerModeling
3.9Columns
4ConnectionsinStaggeredTrusses
4.1GeneralInformation
4.2ConnectionBetweenWebMemberandGussetPlate
4.3ConnectionBetweenGussetPlateandChord
4.4DesignExample
4.5MiscellaneousConsiderations
5SeismicDesign
5.1StrengthandDuctilityDesignRequirements
5.2NewSeismicDesignConsiderationsforPrecast
ConcreteDiaphragms
5.3DuctilityofTrussMembers
5.4SeismicDesignofGussetPlates
5.5NewDevelopmentsinGussetPlatetoHSS
Connections
6SpecialTopics
6.1Openings
6.2MechanicalDesignConsiderations
6.3PlankLeveling
6.4ErectionConsiderations
6.5CoordinationofSubcontractors
6.6FoundationOverturningandSliding
6.7SpecialConditionsofSymmetry
6.8Balconies
6.9SpandrelBeams
7FireProtectionofStaggeredTrusses
References Abstract
Covers the design and construction of staggered truss framing systems, which can be used to frame systems, which can be used to frame steel buildings with a floor-to-floor height approximately equal to that of flat-plate concrete construction.
