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Understanding Plane Trusses and Analysis Methods

A truss is a structure composed of slender members joined together at their end points, commonly using wooden struts or metal bars. Plane trusses lie in a single plane and are often used to support roofs and bridges. The document then explains that a simple truss can be constructed by connecting triangular units together at joints. Each member of a truss acts as a two-force member, experiencing either tension or compression. Two methods for analyzing the forces in a truss are presented: the method of joints, which examines force equilibrium at each joint; and the method of sections, which considers internal and external forces when a truss is cut into sections.

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Understanding Plane Trusses and Analysis Methods

A truss is a structure composed of slender members joined together at their end points, commonly using wooden struts or metal bars. Plane trusses lie in a single plane and are often used to support roofs and bridges. The document then explains that a simple truss can be constructed by connecting triangular units together at joints. Each member of a truss acts as a two-force member, experiencing either tension or compression. Two methods for analyzing the forces in a truss are presented: the method of joints, which examines force equilibrium at each joint; and the method of sections, which considers internal and external forces when a truss is cut into sections.

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1.

STRUCTURES
1.1
Explain plane trusses
1.1.1 Define a truss
A truss is a structure composed of slender members joined together at their end points. The
members commonly used in construction consist of wooden struts or metal bars. The members
commonly used in construction consist of wooden struts or metal bars.
1.1.2 Explain plane trusses
In particular, planar trusses lie in a single plane and are often used to support roofs and bridges.

If three members are pin connected at their ends they form a triangular truss that will be rigid.
Attaching two more members and connecting these members to a new joint D forms a larger
truss. This procedure can be repeated as many times as desired to form an even larger truss. If a
truss can be constructed by expanding the basic triangular truss in this way, it is called a simple
truss.

Simple truss
Each truss member will act as a two-force member, and therefore the force acting at each end of
the member will be directed along the axis of the member. If the force tends to elongate the
member, it is tensile force (T); whereas if it tends to shorten the member, it is a compressive
force.

1.2

Analyze force in trusses by using related method

1.2.1 Analyze a truss by using the method of joints


In order to analyze or design a truss, it is necessary to determine the force in each of its
members. One way to do this is to use the method of joints. This method is based on the fact that
if the entire truss is in equilibrium, then each of its joints is also in equilibrium. Therefore, if the
free-body diagram of each joint is drawn, the force equilibrium equations can then be used to
obtain the member forces acting on each joint. Since the members of a plane truss are straight
two-force members lying in a single plane, each joint is subjected to a force system that is
coplanar and concurrent. As a result, only Fx=0 and Fy=0 need to be satisfied for equilibrium.

1.2.2 Analyze the force in the members of a truss by using method of sections

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