VECTOR MECHANIC
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ISBN: 9781264095032
Author: BEER
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 6.2, Problem 6.66P
The diagonal members in the center panels of the power transmission line tower shown are very slender and can act only in tension; such members are known as counters. For given loading, determine (a) which of the two counters listed below is acting, (b) the force in that counter.
Counters IO and KN.
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