Framed+structures

__Framed Structure - Oral presentation __



A framed structure in any material is one that is made stable by a skeleton that is able to stand by itself as a rigid structure without depending on floors or walls to resist deformation.

Materials: wood, steel, and reinforced concrete (strong in tension and compression).

Types: - Heavy timber frame: large posts, spaced relatively far apart, support thick floors and roof beams.  - American light wood frame: composed of many small and closely spaced members that could be handled easily and assembled quickly by nailing instead of by the slow joinery and dowelling of the past.  - Steel framing: based on the same principle but is much simplified by the far greater strength of the material, which provides more rigidity with fewer members. The load-bearing capacity of steel is adopted for buildings many times higher than those made of other materials.