Chord Bearing Capacity in Long-span Tubular Trusses
Kozy, Brian
Existing design specifications used in the U.S. and abroad do not address the limit state of bearing failure that may govern in the design of tubular truss chords at the supports. The lack of treatment of this limit state seems to represent an unsatisfactory situation given the fact that very large concentrated reaction forces are often applied transversely to the ends of chord members with slender circular cross-sections, long-span overhead h...