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Find the reactions and all bar forces for the truss.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
EI is constant.
The Young’s modulus E of the beam is
The area of all the bars are
Calculation:
Consider the force in the member AC and the horizontal reaction at support B are the redundant.
Remove the redundant to get the released structure.
Sketch the released structure with external loading as shown in Figure 1.
Refer Figure 1.
Consider the force in the member AC as zero.
Find the value of the angle
Find the support reaction as follows:
Apply Equation of Equilibrium,
Consider support A.
Apply Equation of Equilibrium,
Consider joint C.
Apply Equation of Equilibrium,
Consider joint D,
Apply Equation of Equilibrium,
Sketch the P system for
Sketch the released structure with unit member force in member AC as shown in Figure 3.
Refer Figure 4.
Consider the force in the member AC is 1 kips.
The support reactions at A and B are zero as no external load acts on the truss.
Consider support A.
Apply Equation of Equilibrium,
Consider joint C.
Apply Equation of Equilibrium,
Consider joint D,
Apply Equation of Equilibrium,
Sketch the Q system for
Sketch the Q system for
Refer Figure 5.
Find the support reaction at A as follows:
Applying Equation of Equilibrium,
There is no external load at joint D and C and no vertical reaction at A and B.
The force in all the members of the truss except AB is zero.
Consider joint A.
Applying Equation of Equilibrium,
Find the deflection
Find the deflection
Find the deflection
Find the deflection
Find the deflection
Find the deflection
Show the compatibility Equation for
Show the compatibility Equation for
Solve Equation (1) and (2).
Find the reaction and bar forces in the members of the truss as shown in 6 and 7.
Apply the sum shown in Figure 6 to get the final reactions and member forces shown in Figure 7.
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