Engineering: Bracing the Truss Support for Applied Lateral Loads
When a truss support (i.e. wall, beam, etc) is required to be braced, it is often that the truss itself is called upon to provide the bracing. This condition is not a problem for Cold-Formed Steel trusses. Although it is not the truss that is the ultimate element of resistance, the truss plays a role in getting the force to the resisting element. Typically that resisting element is the roof diaphragm. For this Steel Notes article the support will be considered to be a wide flange beam and the diaphragm as the resisting element.
Tags: Applied Lateral Loads, Bracing the Truss Support, Cold Formed Metal Framing, Engineering
