What are the potentials?
Truss structures made of reinforced-concrete elements –
![→ 1 Historical development of reinforced-concrete truss structures – Pont Lafayette in Paris [3], industrial hall building in Serbia [4] and bridge across the river Alfenz in Austria [5]](https://www.bft-international.com/imgs/103980614_b3afe08739.jpg)
Truss structures rank among the most efficient structures in civil engineering. On the one hand, the distribution among tension and compression struts allows high material utilization as well as transparence; on the other hand, flexible connections at the joints allow for optimized force flow, thus material- and weight-saving structures.
Historical developments in concrete truss construction
The development of reinforced concrete at the end of the 19th century led to the first reinforced-concrete truss structures [1] by adapting the structural designs which were common in steel and wood...
