Transverse Floor System
Transverse floor joists provide the strength needed when adding bay windows and also gives our more creative off set floorplans the added structure needed during final installation.
Transverse floor system. When this muscle contracts the abdomen flattens and the fascia in the lumbar spine tightens providing stability to the pelvis and spine. The other very important core muscle is the transverse abdominus muscle often called the lower abs. Longitudinal floor joists run parallel to the long side of the mobile home. Controlling members that determine the bridge rating is often the transverse floor beams.
Using the sap2000 finite element program different floor system models were studied. This is the deepest of the abdominal muscles and forms a girdle or corset. All four cavco brands install 2 x6 floor joists in a transverse configuration versus longitudinal. It is the older style of floor framing used up to the 1980s and an example is shown in the diagram above.
Cargo floor transverse beams 5 are arranged on one side to allow positioning. Floor system represents a self bearing structure disengaged from fuselage section as the main structure. The current provisions assume no lateral load distribution on the floor beams.