Differences Between Steel Truss And Wooden Truss

In structural engineering, the truss is an indispensable component that helps to build a quality structure. There are different kinds of trusses available. Among them here in this article, we highlight the basic differences between steel truss and wooden truss.

The differences are as follows:

• The steel truss is more powerful with respect to wooden truss. On the other hand, the wooden truss is less powerful than steel truss.
• Steel truss can be constructed in any form while wooden truss cannot be built in all possible shapes.
• The steel truss is lighter in weight but the wooden truss is heavier.
• Steel truss has better fire resistance capacity while wooden is not so fire-resistant.
• The steel truss is not affected by termites at all, on the contrary, the wooden truss can easily be affected by termites.
• Steel truss can be of use boundlessly (in any length) but wooden truss is limited up to just 15-meter length.
• Different steel truss members’ movement is easy but in the case of wooden truss, movement is not easy.
• Steel truss processing is not so time-consuming while wooden truss is more wastage of time.
• The steel truss is less wastage and wooden truss is more wastage.