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The document contains 12 exercises related to determining forces in truss structures. The exercises involve calculating axial forces in members of trusses given information about the loads and supports. The trusses include Warren trusses, Howe trusses, and space trusses. The exercises also include problems involving forces in structures like a squat thrust machine and a model of the human arm.

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Exercise Workshop

The document contains 12 exercises related to determining forces in truss structures. The exercises involve calculating axial forces in members of trusses given information about the loads and supports. The trusses include Warren trusses, Howe trusses, and space trusses. The exercises also include problems involving forces in structures like a squat thrust machine and a model of the human arm.

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Exercise Workshop 2019-1

Solid Mechanics
Develop the exercises if you can by the methods of joint and sections

1.- Each suspended weight has mass m = 20 kg. 4.- The Warren truss supporting the walkway is
Determine the axial forces in the members of the truss designed to support vertical 50-kN loads at B, D, F, and
and indicate whether they are in tension (T) or H. If the truss is subjected to these loads, what are the
compression (C). resulting axial forces in members BC, CD, CE, DF, EF
and FG?

5.- The Howe truss helps support a roof. Model the


2.- The truss supports loads at C and E. If F = 3 kN, supports at A and G as roller supports. Determine the
what are the axial forces in members BC and BE? axial forces in members AB, BC, and CD.

3.- The truss is a preliminary design for a structure to 6.- The space truss supports a vertical load F at A. Each
attach one end of a stretcher to a rescue helicopter. member is of length L, and the truss rests on the
Based on dynamic simulations, the design engineer horizontal surface on roller supports at B, C, and D.
estimates that the downward forces the stretcher will Determine the axial forces in members AB, AC, AD,
exert will be no greater than 1.6 kN at A and at B. What BC and BD.
are the resulting axial forces in members CF, DF, and
FG?

7.- If the force exerted at point A of the truss is F = 10i


+ 60j + 20k (kN), what are the axial forces in members
BC, BD and BE?
ABD is on the verge of rotating, what are the reactions
on the vertical bar CDE at D and E?

8.- The space truss is supported by roller supports on 11.- The mass of the suspended object is m = 50 kg.
the horizontal surface at C and D and a ball and socket Determine the reactions on member ABC.
support at E. The y axis points upward. The mass of the
suspended object is 120 kg. The coordinates of the
joints of the truss are A: (1.6, 0.4, 0) m, B: (1.0, 1.0, -0.2)
m, C: (0.9, 0, 0.9) m, D: (0.9, 0, -0.6) m, and E: (0, 0.8,
0) m. Determine the axial forces in members AB, AC,
and AD.

12.- Figure a is a diagram of the bones and biceps


muscle of a person’s arm supporting a mass. Tension in
the biceps muscle holds the forearm in the horizontal
position, as illustrated in the simple mechanical model
in Fig. b. The weight of the forearm is 9 N, and the mass
m = 2 kg. (a) Determine the tension in the biceps muscle
AB. (b) Determine the magnitude of the force exerted
9.- The tension in cable BD is 500 lb. Determine the on the upper arm by the forearm at the elbow joint C.
reactions at A for cases (1) and (2).

10.- An athlete works out with a squat thrust machine.


To rotate the bar ABD, she must exert a vertical force
at A that causes the magnitude of the axial force in the
two-force member BC to be 1800 N. When the bar

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