Sentence examples for main truss from inspiring English sources

The new solar arrays are folded up in a set of boxes on the edge of the backbone-like main truss (S6) and unfurl like a map.

The astronauts also rewired two of the station's stabilizing gyroscopes, installed television cameras needed for the docking of a Japanese cargo ship in September and deployed a jammed spare-parts mounting mechanism on the station's main truss.

Purpose of the present study is to provide algorithms for and examples of how to simulate star visibility and tracking by a Telescope attached to the main truss of the International Space Station (ISS).

The main objective of this study is to present the reliability estimation studies for the main truss components as well as the entire structural system of a long span truss bridge which is the longest in its category in the USA.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) [10] used TSH hinge in the main truss's folding longeron elements, which provided considerable snap-through force to drive and lock the main truss.

The report also noted a concern about lack of redundancy in the main truss system, which meant the bridge had a greater risk of collapse in the event of any single structural failure.

The damage, both on the main trusses and on the secondary structure, is first analyzed.

Innovations and practices regarding new types of bridge and composite bridge structures, such as bridges with three cable planes and three main trusses, inclined main trusses, slab-truss composite sections, and steel-concrete composite sections, are introduced.

Workers also will rewrap the main cables, replace the bearings on the eight main trusses, and replace the 168 lights on the outer cables with more energy-efficient ones, he said.

Over the objections of the Islanders and the National Hockey League, Joseph today limited the scope of the inspection to four structural concerns -- the main trusses of the Coliseum's roof, a hoist system and attachments for the scoreboard, the arena's concrete bleachers and the exterior walls.

At the top of the main trusses were the deck trusses, 12 feet (3.6 m) in depth and integral with the main trusses.