CE100 MODULE 3 EXAMPLE (TRUSS)

Solution:
𝜮𝑴@𝑨 = 𝟎 +↷

𝟔(𝟏) + 𝟔(𝟐) + 𝟔(𝟑) − 𝑹𝑩 (𝟒) = 𝟎

𝟒𝑹𝑩 = 𝟔 + 𝟏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟖 = 𝟑𝟔
𝟑𝟔
𝑹𝑩 = = 𝟗 𝐤𝐍
𝟒

𝜮𝑭𝒚 = 𝟎+↑
𝑹𝑨 + 𝑹𝑩 − 𝟔 − 𝟔 − 𝟔 = 𝟎 𝑹𝑨 + 𝑹𝑩 = 𝟏𝟖
𝑹𝑨 + 𝟗 = 𝟏𝟖 𝑹𝑨 = 𝟏𝟖 − 𝟗 = 𝟗 𝒌𝑵

At Joint A
 𝜮𝑭𝒚 = 𝟎+↑
𝑹𝑨 𝟗
𝑹𝑨 − 𝑨𝑭𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓° = 𝟎 𝑨𝑭 = = = 𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝒌𝑵
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓° 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓°

𝜮𝑭𝒙 = 𝟎+→

𝑨𝑪 − 𝑨𝑭𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° = 𝟎 𝑨𝑪 = 𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖𝒄𝒐𝒔𝟒𝟓° = 𝟗 𝒌𝑵

At Joint C

𝜮𝑭𝒚 = 𝟎+↑

𝑪𝑭 + 𝟎 = 𝟎 𝑪𝑭 = 𝟎 𝒌𝑵
𝜮𝑭𝒙 = 𝟎+→
−𝑨𝑪 + 𝑪𝑫 = 𝟎 𝑪𝑫 = 𝑨𝑪 𝑪𝑫 = 𝟗 𝒌𝑵

At Joint F

𝜮𝑭𝒚 = 𝟎+↑

𝑨𝑭𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° − 𝑭𝑮𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓° − 𝟔 + 𝑭𝑫𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° = 𝟎

𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° − 𝟔 − 𝑭𝑮𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° + 𝑭𝑫𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° = 𝟎
𝑭𝑫𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° = 𝑭𝑮𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° + 𝟔 − 𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓°
 𝑭𝑮𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° + 𝟔 − 𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° 𝟔 𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓°
𝑭𝑫 = 𝑭𝑫 = 𝑭𝑮 + −
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓° 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓°
𝑭𝑫 = 𝑭𝑮 + 𝟖. 𝟒𝟖𝟓 − 𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝑭𝑫 = 𝑭𝑮 − 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 (𝑬𝒒. 𝟏)
𝜮𝑭𝒙 = 𝟎+→
𝑨𝑭 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° − 𝑭𝑮 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° − 𝑭𝑫 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° = 𝟎
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝑫:
𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝒄𝒐 𝒔 𝟒𝟓 ° − 𝑭𝑮 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° − (𝑭𝑮 − 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑) 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° = 𝟎

𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° − 𝑭𝑮𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° − 𝑭𝑮 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° + 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° = 𝟎

𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° − 𝟐𝑭𝑮 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° + 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° = 𝟎

𝟐𝑭𝑮 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° = 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° + 𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓°

𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° + 𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓°

𝟐𝑭𝑮 =
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓°

𝟐𝑭𝑮 = 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 + 𝟏𝟐. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 𝟐𝑭𝑮 = 𝟏𝟔. 𝟗𝟕𝟏

𝟏𝟔. 𝟗𝟕𝟏
𝑭𝑮 = 𝑭𝑮 = 𝟖. 𝟒𝟖𝟔 𝒌𝑵
𝟐

Substitute the value of FG to (Eq. 1)

𝑭𝑫 = 𝟖. 𝟒𝟖𝟔 − 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 𝑭𝑫 = 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 𝒌𝑵

At Joint G

𝜮𝑭𝒙 = 𝟎+→
 𝑭𝑮 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° − 𝑮𝑯 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° = 𝟎

𝑭𝑮 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟒𝟓°
𝑮𝑯 𝐜𝐨 𝐬 𝟒𝟓 ° = 𝑭𝑮 𝐜𝐨 𝐬 𝟒𝟓 ° 𝑮𝑯 = 𝑮𝑯 = 𝑭𝑮
𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓°

𝑮𝑯 = 𝟖. 𝟒𝟖𝟔 𝐤𝐍

𝜮𝑭𝒚 = 𝟎+↑

𝑭𝑮 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° + 𝑮𝑯𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓° − 𝟔 + 𝑮𝑫 = 𝟎

𝟖. 𝟒𝟖𝟔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° + 𝟖. 𝟒𝟖𝟔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° + 𝑮𝑫 − 𝟔 = 𝟎

𝑮𝑫 = 𝟔 − 𝟖. 𝟒𝟖𝟔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° − 𝟖. 𝟒𝟖𝟔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓°

𝑮𝑫 = 𝟔 − 𝟔 − 𝟔 𝑮𝑫 = −𝟔 𝒌𝑵 (𝑪)

At Joint D

𝜮𝑭𝒚 = 𝟎+↑

−𝑭𝑫 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° − 𝑫𝑯𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓° + 𝑮𝑫 = 𝟎

𝟔 − 𝑭𝑫 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓°
𝑫𝑯 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓° = 𝑮𝑫 − 𝑭𝑫 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟒𝟓° 𝑫𝑯 =
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓°

𝟔 − 𝟒. 𝟒𝟐𝟑 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓° 𝟔−𝟑

𝑫𝑯 = 𝑫𝑯 = = 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 𝒌𝑵
𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓° 𝒔𝒊𝒏 𝟒𝟓°

𝜮𝑭𝒙 = 𝟎+→

−𝑪𝑫 + 𝑫𝑬 + 𝑭𝑫 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° − 𝑫𝑯 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟒𝟓° = 𝟎

−𝟗 + 𝑫𝑬 + 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟒𝟓° − 𝟒. 𝟐𝟒𝟑 𝐜𝐨 𝐬 𝟒𝟓 ° = 𝟎

−𝟗 + 𝑫𝑬 = 𝟎 𝑫𝑬 = 𝟗 𝐤𝐍