Assignment 2

Due: 15/10 (Monday)

3 students/group
Hardcopy submission only.
Find the internal forces in ALL members.

Question 1

3m

40 kN 40 kN
4 @ 3m = 12m
Question 2 20 kN

10 kN

4m

20 kN

4m

3m 3m
Question 3

50 kN

3m

120 kN 120 kN

4 @ 4m = 16m
Question 4

Determine the force in each member of the truss supporting a floor deck. The deck is
simply supported on floor beams which, in turn, are connected to the joints of the
truss. Thus, the uniformly distributed loading on the deck is transmitted by beams as
concentrated loads to the top joints of the truss.
Floor beam

Deck
15 kN/m

2m

2m 2m 2m 2m 2m 2m 2m 2m
Question 5
70 kN

50 kN

50 kN
6m

4 @ 4m = 16m
Question 6
20 kN

30 kN
40 kN
3m

60 kN
20 kN
3m

60 kN

3m

60 kN

3m

4m 4m