vierendeel trusses

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vierendeel trusses
i have a very interesting project coming up that will require the use of very large vierendeel trusses.  i have looked through my steel texts, and my structural analysis texts, but can't find any information on them.  does anyone know of a good reference for me to read up on this - just to get myself acquainted with this topic?
"design of welded structures" by by blodgett available from linclon arc welding.
ah, the one book on my shelf i didn't think to look.
i will check it out!
thanks!
yeah.. i agree with jike.. its not even trusses. its all fixed.  a lot of welding for sure.
never, but never question engineer's judgement
omer w. blodgett's design of welded structuresfff"> discusses welded connections for vierendeel trussesfff"> in section 5.13, pages 5.13-1 to 8.
wow, you people are too fast for me!
they are just basically 2 multi storey portal frames back to back, the analysis is similar.
note that the deflection of a vierendeel is much higher than a normal truss of similar size and   
i've found structuraleit and coengineeer to be "like lightining".  always suspected them of flash gordon tendencies.  i bet their projects are always on time too!!