Abstract: There is provided a truss element in which space truss diagonal members can be easily integrally formed by being drawn in a predetermined direction. This truss element is formed in a corrugated shape with mountain portions 1a and valley portions 2 in left and right directions alternately and cut portions 4a, each which is perpendicular to a ridge line 3 of the mountain portion 1 and leaves a bottom of the valley portion uncut, and cut portions 4b, each which is perpendicular to a bottom line 5 of the valley and leaves a peak of the mountain portion uncut, are formed alternately with spaces in a front and back directions.

Abstract: A building structural material produced by A magnesium alloy contains aluminum in a range of 0.1 wt % to 1.0 wt %, zinc in a range of 0.1 wt % to 2.0 wt %, manganese in a range of 0.1 wt % to 1.0 wt %, 0.04 wt % or less copper, 0.05 wt % or less silicon, 0.005 wt % or less iron, and 0.005 wt % or less nickel. This building structural material had no cracks even when it was extruded at an extrusion speed about ten times as high as the conventional speed and also no ignition attributable to surface oxidation occurred.

Abstract: An extruding die for metallic materials comprising a male die and a female die is provided with a billet-receiving face of the male die shaped into convex form. It is possible to reduce breakage frequency of the extruding die by reducing the tensile stress applied on the male die at the time of the extrusion.