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From steel structure to composite structure

Starting from truss to composite structure, constitutes that first of all model is generated of steel truss,
then loads from table are generated, and then those loads are used to calculate the footing loads, which
shows that is loads shows that either the truss loads constitutes combined footing or isolated footing,
once the loads are transferred to the foundation, eccentricity is calculated whether the point loads is at
the centre or there is any eccentricity, thus footing is calculated, its dimensions, and load bearing
capacity is calculated truss model is generated which shows that whether the truss members are of
desired dimensions steel members,
truss structure is called composite structure because foundations are made of reinforced concrete and
truss of steel

In practice mostly combined footing is there to bear the loads of steel and overturning and sliding is also
calculated, lateral earth pressure is used to calculate sliding and downward eccentric load constitutes
overturning, superstructure that constitutes truss is there and calculation is done to make the steel truss
ductile, and elastic thus there is elastic ductile truss, inclined members are there loads travel in the
inclination, which mostly making an angle theta, with the vertical members, there are two spans, as two
way arterial are there, one foundation at right other at left and combined footing at centre median, if
each member is analyzed separately, there are forces travel to substructure
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