What are the advantages of Steel Truss in lightweight structural design?

Combination of high strength and lightweight materials: Steel Truss usually uses high-strength steel, which has high strength and relatively light weight. Compared with other traditional structural materials, steel trusses can use less material to achieve lightweight structure while meeting the same bearing capacity requirements.
Reasonable structural form: Steel trusses have a unique lattice structure. Through the reasonable arrangement and connection of rods, they can effectively transfer loads to the foundation, making the structure more evenly stressed. This structural form can reduce the amount of materials used while ensuring structural stability and bearing capacity, thereby achieving the purpose of lightweight.
High space utilization: Steel trusses can be designed into various shapes and sizes according to actual needs, and can adapt well to different building spaces and use requirements. In some large-span buildings or space structures, steel trusses can span larger spaces, reduce the number of intermediate support structures, improve space utilization, and also help reduce the overall weight of the structure.
Easy to process and install: Steel has good processability, and the rods and nodes of steel trusses can be prefabricated in the factory and then transported to the construction site for assembly. This prefabricated construction method can not only improve construction efficiency, reduce on-site operation time and workload, but also ensure the quality and precision of the structure, further reducing the weight of the structure.
Good seismic performance: Steel truss structure has high ductility and energy dissipation capacity. When natural disasters such as earthquakes occur, it can consume seismic energy through the deformation of rods and the rotation of nodes, reduce the seismic response of the structure, and improve the seismic safety of the structure. This good seismic performance makes steel trusses widely used in buildings in some earthquake-prone areas, and also provides a guarantee for the lightweight design of the structure.