Q: Is strut a structural component designed to resist longitudinal compression? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are struts found in roof framing from either a tie beam or a king post to a principal rafter? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are struts used in "load bearing" applications ranging from both highway and off-road suspensions to automobile hood and hatch window supports to aircraft wing supports? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is strut a common name in timber framing for a support or brace of scantlings lighter than a post? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are struts often purchased by the automakers in sets of four completed sub-assemblies: These can be mounted on the car bodies as part of the manufacturers' own assembly operations? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is strut generally used in a sense of a lighter duty piece: a king post carries a ridge beam but a king strut does not? ¶
A: Yes, and a queen post carries a plate but a queen strut does not, a crown post carries a crown plate but a crown strut does not.
Q: Are struts principally loaded in compression? ¶
A: Yes, and with wires taking the tension loads.
Q: Are struts most commonly an assembly of coil-over spring and shock absorber? ¶
A: Yes.