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title: "Box truss"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_truss"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T11:45:59.295571+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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A box truss is a structure composed of three or more chords connected by transverse and/or diagonal structural elements.
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== Application ==
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Box trusses are commonly used in certain types of aircraft fuselages, electric power pylons, large radio antennas, and many bridge structures. (For various truss arrangements used see truss bridge.)
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By using what are in effect stiff panels in a cylindrical arrangement the resulting structure can have a high resistance to axial torsion (twisting along its long axis) and a higher resistance to buckling in its highly loaded sides.
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When finished as an open structure the truss will be less subject to wind drag and to aeroelastic effects than would a completely enclosed structure.
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== References == |