Frames
Below are the frame layout and truss types that can be found in this database. The interactive sketches and names belong to the fantastic scheme compiled by Christopher Pickford, published in 1993.
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Click on the truss and layout sketches for a real life example
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Frame layouts
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Frame Trusses
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1 bell frame layouts
2 bell frame layouts
3 bell frame layouts
5 bell frame layouts
6 bell frame layouts
8 bell frame layouts
10 bell frame layouts
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Group 1: Horizontal beam frames.
Group 3: Short-headed timber frames.
Group 5: Long-headed timber frames with centre posts.
Group 6: Long-headed timber frames without centre posts.
Group 8: Completely metal frames.
Group 8.1: Steel and wrought iron frames.
Group 8.1.A: Girder frames.
Group 8.1.B: Steel and wrought iron lowside frames.
Group 8.1.E: Steel and wrought iron pedestal frames.
Group 8.2: Steel lowside frames with cast iron sections.
Group 8.2.A: Steel frames with separate cast iron braces.
Group 8.3: Cast iron frames.
Group 8.3.A: Cast iron lowside frames.
Group 8.3.C: Cast iron highside frames.
Group 9: Structures containing bells which aren't frames.
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