Classify each of the plane trusses shown as unstable, statically determinate, or statically indeterminate. If the truss is statically indeterminate, then determine the degree of staticac

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Classify each of the plane trusses shown as unstable, statically determinate, or statically indeterminate. If the truss is statically indeterminate, then determine the degree of staticac indeterminacy.

Stability
If number of bars m of the truss and the total number of external support reactions
r is less than twice the number of joints j, (m+r< 2j), a truss will be statically
unstable.
• External Stability - a structure (or truss) is externally unstable if all of its
reactions are concurrent or parallel
• Internal Stability - the requirement of the minimum number of members that
a plane truss must contain; can be determined by
m < 2j 3 the truss is internally unstable
m 2 2j 3 the truss is internally stable
Stability, Determinacy, Indeterminacy
Determinacy
Truss are statically determinate if the forces in all its members, as well as all the external
reactions, can be determined by using the equations of equilibrium. To specify the determinacy,
we have
m + r = 2j statically determinate truss
m +r> 2j statically indeterminate truss
Degree of static indeterminacy, i, which can be expressed as
i= (m = r) 2j
Examples
B
m= 16 j= 10 r=3
m+r< 2j
m = 26 j= 15 r=4 Statically
m+r = 2j
Unstable
determinate
E
Unstable
Statically
determinate
Statically
determinate
A
C E
nG
m = 10 j=7 r= 4
m+r= 2j
m = 16 j= 10 7=4
m+r = 2j
j=8 r=3
m+r = 2j
m = 13
Transcribed Image Text:Stability If number of bars m of the truss and the total number of external support reactions r is less than twice the number of joints j, (m+r< 2j), a truss will be statically unstable. • External Stability - a structure (or truss) is externally unstable if all of its reactions are concurrent or parallel • Internal Stability - the requirement of the minimum number of members that a plane truss must contain; can be determined by m < 2j 3 the truss is internally unstable m 2 2j 3 the truss is internally stable Stability, Determinacy, Indeterminacy Determinacy Truss are statically determinate if the forces in all its members, as well as all the external reactions, can be determined by using the equations of equilibrium. To specify the determinacy, we have m + r = 2j statically determinate truss m +r> 2j statically indeterminate truss Degree of static indeterminacy, i, which can be expressed as i= (m = r) 2j Examples B m= 16 j= 10 r=3 m+r< 2j m = 26 j= 15 r=4 Statically m+r = 2j Unstable determinate E Unstable Statically determinate Statically determinate A C E nG m = 10 j=7 r= 4 m+r= 2j m = 16 j= 10 7=4 m+r = 2j j=8 r=3 m+r = 2j m = 13
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Transcribed Image Text:(a) (b) (c)
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