From the following description of the load path, where and in what direction do you think the external load is applied? The upper horizontal acts as a beam carrying shear and bending to the ends where the load is carried in bending, torsion and shear by the verticals. The verticals act like cantilevers held in place by the support feet. Vertical- Support feet- Upper horizontal Lower horizontal Select one: O a Vertically upwards on the upper horizontal Ob Vertically down on the upper horizontal O Vertically down on the lower horizontal Od Hori
From the following description of the load path, where and in what direction do you think the external load is applied? The upper horizontal acts as a beam carrying shear and bending to the ends where the load is carried in bending, torsion and shear by the verticals. The verticals act like cantilevers held in place by the support feet. Vertical- Support feet- Upper horizontal Lower horizontal Select one: O a Vertically upwards on the upper horizontal Ob Vertically down on the upper horizontal O Vertically down on the lower horizontal Od Hori
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Transcribed Image Text:From the following description of the load path, where and in what direction do you think the external
load is applied?
The upper horizontal acts as a beam carrying shear and bending to the ends where the load is carried in
bending, torsion and shear by the verticals. The verticals act like cantilevers held in place by the support
feet
Vertical-
Support feet->
Upper horizontal
Lower horizontal
Select one:
O a Vertically upwards on the upper horizontal
Ob Vertically down on the upper horizontal
O
Vertically down on the lower horizontal
Od Horizontally perpendicular to the upper horizontal
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