TUTORIAL 6

QUESTION 1

Determine the internal forces in the members of the truss in Figure 1. Assume that
member AD as a redundant. Given A = 1200mm2 and E = 200 GPa

B C D
25kN

5kN

4m

F E
A
20kN
3m 3m 3m

Figure 1

Answers :

R = – 19.46 kN

Members F = P0 + P1R
AB − 6.25 kN Compression
BC + 3.75 kN Tension
CD − 6.44 kN Compression
DE + 11.46 kN Tension
EF + 18.12 kN Tension
FA + 7.92 kN Tension
CA − 13.60 kN Compression
CF + 17.00 kN Tension
DF + 6.40 kN Tension
DA − 19.46 kN Compression

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QUESTION 2

Determine the internal forces in the members of the truss in Figure 2. Assume that
member FD as a redundant. Given A = 1200mm2 and E = 200 kN/mm2.

25kN 20kN 25kN

B C
D

4m

A E
F
3m 3m

Figure 2

Answers :

R = – 1.89 kN

Members F = P0 + P1R
AB − 35.00 kN Compression
BC − 7.50 kN Compression
CD + 1.13 kN Tension
DE − 23.49 kN Compression
EF + 8.63 kN Tension
FA 0 kN
BF + 12.50 kN Tension
CF − 8.49 kN Compression
CE − 14.39 kN Compression
FD − 1.89 kN Compression

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QUESTION 3

Determine the internal forces in the members of the truss in Figure 3. Assume that
member AF is a redundant. Given A = 1200mm2 and E = 200x106 kN/m2.

50kN 100kN
D E F

30kN

10m

C C
A
B
12m 12m 12m

Figure 3

QUESTION 4

The following truss is statically indeterminate to the first degree. Determine the force in
each member of the truss. Given Young Modulus of this truss are 200GPa. Assume that
member EC as a redundant.

E 12cm 2 F

10cm 2
12cm 2
6.4m 12cm 2 10cm 2
13cm 2 13cm 2

D
A
15cm 2 B 15cm 2 C 15cm 2
4.8m 4.8m 4.8m

36 48 kN
kN
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QUESTION 5

Determine the internal forces in the members of the truss in Figure 5. Assume that
member AC is redundant and AE is the same for all of the members.

B C

1m

10 kN
1m

A D

4m 4m

Figure 5

QUESTION 6

The following truss in Figure 6 is statically indeterminate to the first degree. The cross-
sectional area of each member is 20 cm2. Given Young Modulus of this truss is 200GPa.
Assume that member BF is redundant. Determine the force in each member of the truss.
B C
20 kN
2m
D

2m
E
A
F
20 kN
4m 2m 2m
Figure 6

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