Method of manufacturing composite structural panels and using superimposed truss members with same

A stiffened truss member for a structural panel having a pair of wire-mesh panels connected to and separated by an insulating material extending therebetween, the stiffened truss member comprising:

• a ladder truss member having a pair of elongated parallel first ladder truss bars and a plurality of elongated second ladder bars extending therebetween in perpendicular relationship to the first ladder truss bars to form a ladder configuration;
• first and second warren truss members each having a pair of elongated parallel first warren truss bars and a second warren truss bar extending at an angle therebetween in a zigzag configuration;
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• wherein the first warren truss member is inverted and superimposed upon the first and second warren truss members and being attachable to a portion of the structural panel such that the second ladder truss bars intersect the second warren truss bars of both the first and second warren truss members to form a unitary composite structural panel.

A stiffened truss member for a structural panel having a pair of wire-mesh panels connected to and separated by an insulating material extending therebetween, the stiffened truss member comprising:

• a pair of elongated parallel combined truss bars and a plurality of elongated ladder bars extending therebetween in perpendicular relationship to the combined truss bars to form a ladder configuration;
• an elongated zigzag bar extending between the combined truss bars at an angle in a zigzag configuration;
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• wherein the ladder bars and the zigzag bars intersect each other at spaced-intervals along the combined truss bars and being attachable to a portion of the structural panel to form a unitary composite structural panel.

A method of producing an engineered composite structural panel comprising the steps of:

• (a) selecting a structural panel having at least two structural shells, an insulating material extending therebetween, and a plurality of truss members extending therebetween;
• (b) determining if the two or more structural shells act as a unitary composite structural panel;
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• (c) if the structural panel is not a unitary composite structural panel, then adjusting parameters of the panel and repeating step (b).