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    Analysis of Structures

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    This document discusses different methods for analyzing structures like trusses and frames. It explains that trusses are structures composed of members fastened together to resist changes in shape, with internal forces directed along each member's axis. The document outlines methods like the method of joints and method of sections for determining the forces in each member of a truss by analyzing the equilibrium of individual joints or cutting planes. It also describes the differences between trusses and frames, where frame members experience both axial and bending forces.

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    This document discusses different methods for analyzing structures like trusses and frames. It explains that trusses are structures composed of members fastened together to resist changes in shape, with internal forces directed along each member's axis. The document outlines methods like the method of joints and method of sections for determining the forces in each member of a truss by analyzing the equilibrium of individual joints or cutting planes. It also describes the differences between trusses and frames, where frame members experience both axial and bending forces.

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    This document discusses different methods for analyzing structures like trusses and frames. It explains that trusses are structures composed of members fastened together to resist changes in shape, with internal forces directed along each member's axis. The document outlines methods like the method of joints and method of sections for determining the forces in each member of a truss by analyzing the equilibrium of individual joints or cutting planes. It also describes the differences between trusses and frames, where frame members experience both axial and bending forces.

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    This document discusses different methods for analyzing structures like trusses and frames. It explains that trusses are structures composed of members fastened together to resist changes in shape, with internal forces directed along each member's axis. The document outlines methods like the method of joints and method of sections for determining the forces in each member of a truss by analyzing the equilibrium of individual joints or cutting planes. It also describes the differences between trusses and frames, where frame members experience both axial and bending forces.

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    Analysis of Structures

    1. Analysis of structure – the process by which we determine how the loads applied
    to a structure are distributed throughout the structure.

    2. Truss – a structure composed of members fastened together in such a way as to


    resist change in shape.

    3. Such members held in equilibrium by only two forces are called two-force
    members.

    4. The fact that the internal force in a two-force member is axial is important because it
    determines the action line of the force although its magnitude may be unknown.

    5. The essential difference between a pin-connected truss and pin-connected frame is


    that in a truss, the internal force in a bar is directed along the axis of the bar, whereas
    in a frame, the members are subjected to bending action.

    6. The purpose of a truss is to support a larger load or span a greater distance than any
    individual member from which the truss may be built. To make a structure rigid, its
    members must be fasted together in such a way as to prevent any movement between
    them.

    7. Trusses are usually supported by anchoring one joint to the foundation by means of
    a fixed hinge.

    8. The members of a truss are joined together by means of pins at their ends or by
    riveting or welding them to a common plate known as a gusset plate.

    9. Members which are stretched are said to be in tension.

    10. Members which tend to be shortened are said to be in compression.

    11. A member in tension causes forces which pull away from its end joints whereas a
    member in compression causes forces which push toward its end joints.

    12. At a joint subjected to the action of three members but no other load, if two of the
    members are collinear, the force in the third member is zero.

    13. The method of joints may be summarized in the following steps

    a. Choose a pin (i.e., joint) on which no more than two members act.
    b. Draw the free-body diagram of the pin having only two unmarked members,
    assuming the forces in the unmarked members to be either tension or
    compression.

    c. After determining the forces at a pin, mark the original truss diagram with
    appropriate arrows at each end of the member whose force you have found.

    d. From the original truss diagram, select the next pin at which there are only
    two unmarked members.

    e. In many cases it is preferable to work from one end of the truss to the middle
    member, and then from the other end of the truss back toward the same
    mid-member.

    14. In the method of sections, a cutting plane passed through the entire truss,
    separating it into two parts without cutting more than three members.

    15. The principles of equilibrium of non-concurrent force systems may also be applied
    to truss analysis; the procedure is known as the method of sections. Its use permits
    us to determine directly the force in almost any member instead of proceeding to that
    member by a joint-to-joint analysis.

    16. Redundant – an additional diagonal sloping in the opposite direction of the force.

    17. Three-force member is one subjected to three or more forces applied at different
    positions.

    18. A three-force member is essentially subjected to bending loads.

    19. It is important to note that in the characteristic action of a three-force member, the
    end forces are not directed along the axis of the member.

    20. Frame – a structure where some or all the members of a pin-connected structure
    are subjected to bending action.

    21. Method of members – an analysis by considering the separate free-body diagram


    of each of the three-force member of a frame.

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