Konstrukcja stropu chałupy góralskiej

The ceiling in a traditional higlanders’ cottage is made of beams with the girder running along its lengthwise asis. The subject of the article is an analysis of static work of such a ceiling, made by means of comparison of the deflection of beams and girder in places of their intersection. It has been noticed that cooperation of constructional elements does not consist only in the imparting of force from beams onto the girder but also on mutual force imparting.