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BRACING SYSTEMS OF THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS

FUNCTIONS OF BRACING SYSTEMS CLASSIFICATION OF BRACING SYSTEMS GENERAL ASPECTS FOR DESIGN

FUNCTIONS OF BRACING SYSTEMS


The transversal frames are not able to take loads that act perpendicular to this plan. The stiffness of the whole structure is insured with longitudinal ties between the plane structural elements. The bracing system insures the spatial character and a greater stiffness. Their roles are: a spatial collaboration between the transversal frames; small deformations of the structure under horizontal transversal actions; stability during the assembling stage; diminish the effective lengths of the structural elements in compression; take over the horizontal loads due to wind actions and the surge effects due to cranes.

CLASSIFICATION OF BRACING SYSTEMS The following structural elements are usually braced: roof trusses; skylight (if there are); columns; crane girders (particular situations). In the longitudinal direction of the structure, generally in the bays situated in the middle of the blocks for temperature tolerance (contraction-expansion) two running transversal frames are bounded together in a stiffen block.

BRACES FOR THE TRUSS


-horizontal longitudinal bracing at the bottom flange of the truss

Along the structure in the external panels, between the joint in the supports of the trusses and the next joint by longitudinal elements (rods); Take the horizontal reactions from the top part of the intermediary columns that carry the longitudinal walls; if the truss is fixed to the column, the bottom chord of the truss is in compression and has to be provided with bracing in the second panel. The positions of the bracing in the case of multi-spans structures when both the heights of the columns and the lift capacities of the cranes have small or medium values are presented and also for big heights and heavy lift capacities.

Bracing systems at the bottom chord of the truss in two situations: when the distance rods are placed in the truss joints; when the distance rods are placed intermediary between the truss joints (smaller loads applied to the bracing system)

Design elements of the horizontal bracing system at the bottom chord of the truss (the sheeting is light and it cannot take wind loads in its plane)

Different situations imposing the layout of various forms of bracing systems at the bottom chord of the truss: fixed connection between the truss and the column, light cranes and small heights and heavy cranes and big heights (also, cranes placed at different levels)

horizontal transversal bracing from the bottom and the top chord of the truss
Are placed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the structure and in the end bays of the structure, in the bays next to the tolerance distance between adjacent blocks and at about 50 m along the structure. Some of the purlins are part of the system of horizontal bracings (under the skylight the purlins are missing so rods have to be placed). The bracing from the bottom chord of the truss are necessary in order to avoid the local buckling of the elements in the bottom chord of the truss. The bracing from the top chord take the horizontal reactions coming from the top of the intermediate columns of the walls in the gable (reactions coming from the wind action normal to the wall) or alternatively, to a horizontal conventional force: P=0.02Nmax (1) where Nmax is the maximum axial stress in the top chord of the truss coming from the vertical loads on the roof. The force P is distributed to the joints of the bracing system as in a lattice girder after that the final stresses being determined (fig.4). It is a lattice girder with two slopes but in the design and computation stage is assimilated with a plane system.

the vertical bracing of the marginal and central struts of the truss
Are placed in the end bays of the structure and intermediary at 3-5 bays along the structure (in order to insure the stability at the assembling stage). They may also be put under the supports of the skylight and in the case of the overhead travelling cranes at the joints of the bottom chord of the truss. Design of the internal members of the horizontal transversal bracing

Vertical bracing system of the struts of the truss: marginal and central

Braces for the columns


( M )
= 0; (W + F p ) hi V LT = 0

V = (W + F p )

hi = (W + F p ) tg LT
Design of the vertical bracing of the columns in the central rigid frame

( F )
D=

= 0;W + F p = 2 D cos

vertical bracing of the columns



2 cos

W + Fp

Are placed in the axis of the columns in the longitudinal direction along the building; In the end bays, because of the tolerances that are to be taken into account, only a flexible rod is put at the top part of the column; Generally, the bracings are placed both at the top and at the bottom part of the column in a bay situated in the middle of the longitudinal axes, or if the building is long, at L/3, L being the longitudinal in plane dimension;
(7) horizontal bracing of the columns

They are used in the case when the bays are very big to of reduce the effective length of the intermediary columns of the longitudinal walls and to help them in taking the horizontal forces transmitted by the wind to the walls. The design of the cross sections of the braces is based on the slenderness assumption, because of their small dimensions:

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