Vierendeel Concrete Truss

[juandaniellarrinaga]

anyone knows any book where I can find an example of how to design a Concrete truss, I know that you analize it like a truss but with rigid connections but I dont know how to detail the reinforcement and how to design the column because it has a part that reduce his cross area that is where the truss rest, anyway, anyone knows a reference that I can read, thank you very very much

Ing. J. Daniel Larrinaga

 

[paddingtongreen]

Is this a real Vierendeel truss or with diagonals? If it is a true vierendeel, the joints are the same as those of a building framework.

Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

 

[ishvaaag]

There were beautiful drawings of the Vierendeel beams for the Cine Capitol in the Gran Vía of Madrid in an issue of the seventies' magazine Nueva Forma addressing such building. A design I think to remember of the thirties with plain rebar etc.

 

[ishvaaag]

http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/...R&revista_busqueda=8819&clave_busqueda=191839

Issue 66-67 of 1971

 

[ishvaaag]

By the way such magazine quite good for a good review of many XX century buildings of Spain and some from elsewhere (Sidney Opera House for example); not as comprehensive as a whole phaidon editorship, but very worth.

 

[bookowski]

Another nice building with concrete veirendeel is the Salk Institute in San Diego.

Not sure what you mean about the column having a reduced cross section. The design should be identical to a moment frame in concrete, just lots of P-M interaction checks and proper detailing through the joints.

 

[juandaniellarrinaga]

The elements that I need to design appaers in red circles, and in that picture you can see the reduction in the area of the column.

 

[paddingtongreen]

Could you design the column based on the smaller area and consider the additional thickness to be a corbel.

Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.