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Timber Strut Designer to AS1720.1
Let's determine the member force and capacity of a strut in a timber truss.

  1. Select your truss geometry:



Geometry tags

  1. Select your truss applied loads:

Load tags


Here is your truss axial force diagram:
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👉Note, red (negative) = compression, blue (positive) = tension

  1. Choose and define the strut you want to check:
  1. Strut
    
    tag
    :12​
    
  1. Length,
    
    l
    :1.80m​
    
  1. Depth,
    
    d
    :75 mm​
    
  1. Width,
    
    b
    :50 mm​
    
Member tags


  1. Design check of your compression member:
  1. Axial load,
    
    N
    :-79kN​
    
  1. Axial capacity,
    
    Nd,c
    :102kN​
    
  1. Utilisation
    
    ratio
    :78%​
    



Related Resources

  1. 2D Truss Analysis using OpenSeesPy
  2. Timber Column Calculator to AS1720.1