THE VIERENDEEL TRUSS: PAST AND PRESENT OF AN INNOVATIVE TYPOLOGY

In the late 19th century, Belgian engineer Jules Arthur Vierendeel registered the patent for a new type of beam. This would be later on better known as the Vierendeel truss. It is characterized by the frame’s lack of diagonal members, something which would appear to contradict conditions of steadine...

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Main Author: Pons-Poblet, Josep Maria
Format: Online
Language:eng
Published: Unisinos 2019
Online Access:https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/arquitetura/article/view/arq.2019.151.11
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