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Chapter 1 Problem 1.40

Question

Members AB and BC of the truss shown are made of the same alloy. It is known that a 20-mm-square bar of the same alloy was tested to failure and that an ultimate load of 120 kN was re-corded. If a factor of safety of 3.2 is to be achieved for both bars, determine the required cross-sectional area of (a) bar AB, (b) bar AC.

Solution

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We have to determine the cross sectional area of members AB and AC for given allowable tensile stresses. This is a determinate truss, so using the methods of moments and joints we will find the axial forces in these members and thus required stresses.

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Title Mechanics of Materials 7 
Author Ferdinand P. Beer; E. Russell Johnston Jr.; John T. DeWolf; David F. Mazurek
ISBN 9780073398235

Members AB and BC of the truss shown are made of the same

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