THEORY OF

STRUCTURES

INFLUENCE LINE THEORY OF

STRUCTURES

 SEATWORK NUMBER 02 PART II(MIDTERM)

Draw the influence lines for the members AB, BC, BD and the reactions of the left support of
the given truss structures.

1) 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑑

3𝑚
𝐶
3𝑚
3) 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑑
𝐴 𝐵
𝐴 𝐷
6 @ 6𝑚 = 36𝑚
3𝑚
2)𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑑
𝐶 𝐷 𝐵 𝐶
1𝑚
2𝑚 6 @ 4𝑚 = 24𝑚
3𝑚
𝐴 𝐵

6 @ 4𝑚 = 24𝑚