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    Simple Trusses

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    The document discusses simple trusses and their design assumptions. A truss is a structure composed of slender members joined at their endpoints, commonly using wooden struts or metal bars. When designing trusses, all loads are assumed to act at joints, and members are joined by smooth pins. The document provides examples of using the method of joints and method of sections to determine member forces and whether each member is in tension or compression.

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    The document discusses simple trusses and their design assumptions. A truss is a structure composed of slender members joined at their endpoints, commonly using wooden struts or metal bars. When designing trusses, all loads are assumed to act at joints, and members are joined by smooth pins. The document provides examples of using the method of joints and method of sections to determine member forces and whether each member is in tension or compression.

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    The document discusses simple trusses and their design assumptions. A truss is a structure composed of slender members joined at their endpoints, commonly using wooden struts or metal bars. When designing trusses, all loads are assumed to act at joints, and members are joined by smooth pins. The document provides examples of using the method of joints and method of sections to determine member forces and whether each member is in tension or compression.

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    The document discusses simple trusses and their design assumptions. A truss is a structure composed of slender members joined at their endpoints, commonly using wooden struts or metal bars. When designing trusses, all loads are assumed to act at joints, and members are joined by smooth pins. The document provides examples of using the method of joints and method of sections to determine member forces and whether each member is in tension or compression.

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    Simple Trusses

    A truss is a structure composed of slender members joined


    together at their end points. The members commonly used in
    construction consist of wooden struts or metal bars.

    Assumptions for Design


    All loads are applied at the joints
    The members are joined together by
    smooth pins

    1. Determine the force in each member of the truss shown.


    Indicate whether the members are in tension or
    compression.

    Method of Joints

    2. Determine the force in each member of the truss, and


    state if the members are in tension or compression.

    3. A sign is subjected to a wind loading that exerts horizontal


    forces of 300-lb on joints B and C of one of the side
    supporting trusses. Determine the force in each member of
    the truss and state if the members are in tension or
    compression.

    4. Determine the force in each member of the truss, and


    state if the members are in tension or compression.

    Method of Sections
    1. Determine the force in members KJ, KD and CD of the Pratt
    truss. State if the members are in tension or compression.

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