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29.
A pin-jointed tower truss is loaded as shown in the given figure. The force induced in the member DF is
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Daman sharma said:
9 years ago
It must be 1.5 compressions. So the answer should be (c).
Hrisikesh sil said:
10 years ago
It should be in compression.
Francis said:
1 decade ago
Yes, it must be compression but I think it would only be 1.5kN.
Roland said:
1 decade ago
Answer is D,
Member AD is in compression hence at joint D the vertical component of member AD will be balanced by member DF (compression).
Member AD is in compression hence at joint D the vertical component of member AD will be balanced by member DF (compression).
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