Problem 2 Virtual Work - Trusses For the truss snown, use the virtual work method to determine the HORIZONTAL displacement of joint B. Bar areas: top and bottom chords = 2.5; BD = 5 in² E = 29000 ksi. 40 k B 20 k 20 ft 20 ft- C 10 ft 10 ft
Problem 2 Virtual Work - Trusses For the truss snown, use the virtual work method to determine the HORIZONTAL displacement of joint B. Bar areas: top and bottom chords = 2.5; BD = 5 in² E = 29000 ksi. 40 k B 20 k 20 ft 20 ft- C 10 ft 10 ft
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Virtual Work - Trusses
For the truss snown, use the virtual work method to
determine the HORIZONTAL displacement of joint B.
Bar areas: top and bottom chords = 2.5; BD = 5 in²
E = 29000 ksi.
40 k
20 k
20 ft 20 ft-
C
10 ft-10 ft
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