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Definition of Purlins
1. purlin [n] - See also: purlin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purlins
Literary usage of Purlins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"The cost of materials and labor is such that the cost of the trusses per sq. ft.
of roof is usually several times greater than that of the purlins. ..."
2. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"The cost of materials and labor is such that the cost of the trusses per sq. ft.
of roof is usually several times greater than that of the purlins. ..."
3. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1916)
"Design of purlins.—It is usual in roof truss design to place the purlins at panel
points of the top chord. Where corrugated steel is used as roofing, ..."
4. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"purlins are made of channels, angles, Z-bars and I beams, where simple shapes are
... Channel and angle purlins should be fastened by means of angle lugs as ..."
5. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"purlins are made of channels, angles, Z-bars and I beams, where simple shapes are
... Channel and angle purlins should be fastened by means of angle lugs as ..."
6. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1903)
"Channel and angle purlins should be fastened by means of angle lugs as ...
I beam purlins are very often fastened as shown in the AT & SFRR shops, Fig. 175. ..."
7. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1906)
"Channel and angle purlins should be fastened by means of angle lugs as ...
I beam purlins are very often fastened as shown in the AT & SFRR shops, Fig. 175. ..."
8. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1916)
"The total weight of roofing and purlins is 943 Ibs. This is the weight of two
purlins at 18 Ibs. per ft., or 2 X 15 X 18 = 540 Ibs., and a roof covering of ..."
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