Truss Structures
Dr P.H. Wen
E118 p.h.wen@qmul.ac.uk
T
Internal force T
TF=0
F
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z y
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F
e d
Pin support
a Rxa o b c
Roller support
x
Rya
Ryc
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F
y e d
i F x + Rxa = 0
(1)
i F y + Rya + Ryc = 0
(2)
a Rxa b Rya
Ryc
Force along x-axis Force along y-axis Moment along anticlockwise about point A
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Example 1. Classify following truss structures and determine the reactive forces for these statically determinate structures
100kN b a 100kN c b a c 450
300 d 1m (1)
300
300 d 1m (2)
300
1m
1m
2m
2m Page 9
2m
2m
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T2
4 1 3
T1 T3
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450
1
B
T1
300
100kN
T2
100kN
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1
B
2
E 300 a
5 3 4
D
300 a
100kN
1 200 2 0 3 -1003 4 0 5 200 6 -1003
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CUT
1
B
T1 B
2
E 300 a
5 4 3
D
T2 C E T3 100kN D C
300 a
100kN
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100kN
1 3
A 300 D
2
300 C
4
5m
5
5m
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100kN b
2 3 5 4
d 6m
15kN
4m a
6 7
6m e
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h 12
16
10kN
3 1 a 2 5 c 6
9 11 d 10
13
4 d 450 5 2m c
15 e 14 b
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20kN 3m (b) 3m
60kN 3m
Rxa=0, Rya=40, Ryb=60 1 -40 2 0 3 50 4 -30 5 -20 6 30 7 25 8 -45 9 -20 10 45 11 0 12 45 13 0 14 0 15 75 16 -45 17 -60
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