Lecture 4 BSD Cep11e 2
Lecture 4 BSD Cep11e 2
A column footing is usually a block of concrete poured in the bottom of a hole so that the
weight placed on the column can be distributed through a larger area. This helps prevent
columns from sinking into the ground over time.
What Is Footing? The bottom part of a foundation is called the footing. Footing in construction
are critical, as the footing distributes the weight of the building evenly across the entire
structure so that it doesn't sink into the ground.
The footing is what's actually in contact with the ground, while the foundation is the structure
that transfers the load to the earth. A simple way to visualize the difference when comparing it
to the human body would be to view the footing as the actual feet of the legs and the
foundation being the legs themselves.
What is the difference between pile footing and foundation?
A foundation is built from concrete, bricks, or other materials. A pile footing is a foundation
built from a pile of stones, wood, or similar material. Pile footing and foundation are two
different types of footings. Pile footing is a foundation usually made from wood and poured
concrete.
What are the materials needed for footing and column and wall footing?
The wall footing can be constructed from stone, brick, plain concrete, or reinforced concrete.
Economical wall footing can be constructed provided that the imposed load needed to be
transmitted are of small magnitude and the underlying soil layer is of dense sand and gravels.
Columns are typically constructed from materials such as stone, brick, block, concrete,
timber, steel, and so on, which have good compressive strength.
A roof framing plan is a scaled layout or a diagram of a proposed roof development, including
the dimensions of the entire structure, measurements, shape, design, and placement of all the
materials, wires, drainage, ventilation, slopes, and more.
A roof framing plan focuses on the structures and supports used to construct the roof and is
different from the standard roof plan. A roof framing plan is required in new development
projects in order to determine how the roof will be framed and supporte
A roof beam is the primary load-bearing element in your roof. It provides support to the roof or
floor above, and strengthens your walls, keeping them securely in place to prevent them from
spreading out or leaning in.
A beam is a structural element that primarily resists loads applied laterally to the beam's
axis (an element designed to carry primarily axial load would be a strut or column). Its mode
of deflection is primarily by bending. The loads applied to the beam result in reaction forces at
the beam's support points.
A beam which is stiffened by a system of braces constituting a truss of which the beam is a
chord is called trussed beam. It consists of steel sections (or wooden beams) and struts of
steel rods. Trussed beams are used when there is great weight to be supported across wide
space without supports from beneath.
Our main clue comes from what Middle English took from the French language to call
it: trusser, which means “to bind, tie, or bundle.” While modern trusses do usually come in
bundles, this term more likely evolved from the purpose of a truss, which is to structurally tie
the walls and roof together.
A timber roof truss is a structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a
room and to provide support for a roof. Trusses usually occur at regular intervals, linked by
longitudinal timbers such as purlins. The space between each truss is known as a bay.
A roof truss is an alternative to rafters and stick framing. It is used to determine the shape of a
roof or ceiling while also providing support. Trusses are not made together with the rest of the
roof. They are pre-engineered in a factory using lightweight raw materials then transported to
the construction site.
The answer is a convention of the truss producing industry. Just remember the
acronym: FIS. This stands for Feet, Inches, Sixteenths. So, for example, a dimension string
that reads; 4-7-12 would be the dimension 4'-7 12/16” or 4'-7 3/4”
The main purpose of a structural analysis on a truss is to determine the internal forces of the
members. The member forces are needed for designing the members and joints. To analyze a
truss, two simplifying assumptions can be used.