Sentence examples for of the truss from inspiring English sources

I've found an organisation in favour of the Truss proposals.

The notion of the truss was extended from timber to metal.

Early trusses were built without precise knowledge of how the loads are carried by each part of the truss.

The sloping and vertical pieces connecting the chords are collectively referred to as the web of the truss.

The connected pieces forming the top and bottom of the truss are referred to respectively as the top and bottom chords.

But a precise theoretical understanding of the truss, and major use of it in buildings, would not come until the 19th century.

In 1842 he obtained a patent for an improvement in the Howe truss, incorporating a curved timber extending from each buttress to the centre of the truss.

The astronauts also installed a radio antenna, activated television equipment and installed a tool cart on rails running along the top of the truss.

A successful launching of Zvezda would be followed in September by the first piece of the truss that would be the backbone of the space station.

During the Discovery's mission, two pairs of astronauts are to make four spacewalks to connect components of the truss and the new docking port to the station.

At the end of the brief shaking, two bowling balls, one on each side of the truss, fell straight down and crushed cinder blocks that had been placed in plastic boxes — an indication of the unleashed energy that awaited us.