Question 9

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The top and bottom chord of the long truss shown below are CHS sections, and each has I = 31x106 mm4 and A = 6300 mm2. Take Esteel = 200 GPa. All members have the same length of 1m.  Determine the approximate deflection at  mid-span.
week9The correct answer is 26mm. The truss can be approximated to a beam. The second moment of Area of the 'beam' can be determined using parallel axis theorem allowing standard beam deflection equations applied for an approximate answer.

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