Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 5: Detailed Design of Trusses 5 - 3 Vertical trusses are simply supported by columns Lateral stability provided by longitudinal wind girder and vertical bracings in the gables (blue) Longitudinal stability provided by transverse wind girder and vertical bracings (green) Figure 1.3 Beam and column arrangement A further arrangement is shown in Figure 1.4.The roof structure is arranged with main trusses spanning from column to column, and secondary trusses spanning from main truss to main truss.