framed+structure

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- A framed structure is a structure supported mainly by skeleton, or frame, of wood, steel, or reinforced concrete rather than by load-bearing walls.

- Concrete frames impart greater rigidity and continuity; various advancements, such as the introduction of the shear wall and slipforming, have made concrete a serious competitor with steel in high-rise structures.

- The Framed Structure has been used since prehistoric times when the people first began constructing their living spaces.

- Framed structures' types: · Jetties: is an upper floor that depends on a cantilever system in which a horizontal beam, the jetty bressummer, on which the wall above rests, projects outward beyond the floor below. · Timbers: it is more common for timbers to be bandsawn, and the timbers may sometimes be machine planed on all four sides.

The vertical timbers include: Posts: main supports at corners and other major uprights. Wall studs: subsidiary upright limbs in framed walls.

The horizontal timbers include Sill-beams: at the bottom of a wall into which posts and studs are fitted using tenons. Noggin-pieces: the horizontal timbers forming the tops and bottoms of the frames of infill-panels. Wall-plates: at the top of timber-framed walls that support the trusses and joists of the roof.