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Instructor
Dr. Hanafy Omar
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Truss
A truss (also called pin-joint frame) is a stick-like structure
of slender rods joined together by smooth pins at the joints
(also called nodes).
Node
Rod
provides
vertical support
but
no moment or
horizontal force
Rigidity of Trusses
rigid
Simple Truss
non-rigid
Mechanism
rigid
1)
Its supports restrain rigid body motion. In this case, the truss is
called Externally Statically Determinate.
2)
No of Reactions
2j = m +r
No of Members
2j < m +r
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Complex trusses
2j > m+r
Note
2j = m+r !!
Truss analysis
1.
Method of Joints
2.
Method of Sections
Method of joints
P
TAB
TBC
P
A
TAB
TAB
TAC
Ax
TBC
TBC
TAC
Ay
TAC
Cy
TAC
The
The
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A
TAB
TBC
TAB
TAB
TAC
Ax
Ay
TAC
TBC
TBC
TAC
Cy
TAC11
Method of sections
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Example
Reactions
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Example
Node 4
Node 1
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Example
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2.
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Tension or Compression?
It is important to identify
which members are in
tension and which in
compression
Buckling
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Buckling
Question
If the cross section of
all the rods of the
previous example is
circular with the same
radius (R) , determine
the minimum value of
R, given that
E=30*10^6 psi
Check also the
maximum strength
Space Truss
Space truss analysis is similar to the plane truss analysis, however
the determinacy formula will be
3j = m+r
Means no motion
in that direction
(x)
No motion in
(y) direction
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