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
 
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

Engr. Christopher E. Rodolfo

Faculty, Civil Engineering Department
College Of Engineering
Civil/Structural Engineer
 Truss

 

 

Assumptions

 
 
 




Prepared By: Engr. Christopher E. Rodolfo 2





Method of Joints



∑𝑭𝑭𝒙𝒙 = 𝟎𝟎; ∑𝑭𝑭𝒚𝒚 = 𝟎𝟎

 


   

     


         

 

 
 

 
∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0 ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
 

Prepared By: Engr. Christopher E. Rodolfo 3
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 


 
∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = 0

 

Prepared By: Engr. Christopher E. Rodolfo 4

 SAMPLE PROBLEM 1



 



  








+↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐶𝐶 = 0
6 ∗ 𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 − 60 ∗ 3 + 10 ∗ 6 = 0

6𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 180 − 60
120
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 =
6
 

 
 𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 20 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘, ↑

 

+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 + 𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 − 60 = 0
𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = 60 − 𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 60 − 20
𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = 40 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘, ↑
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 + 10 = 0
𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 = −10 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘
𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 = 10 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘, ⟵

Prepared By: Engr. Christopher E. Rodolfo 5


↑ +∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0

 1
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 + ∗ 𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 0


2
 1
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = −𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦
2
 𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 2 ∗ −𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 2 ∗ −20
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = −20 2 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 20 2 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘, 𝐶𝐶
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
1
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 + ∗ 𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 0
2
1
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = ∗ 20 2
2
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 20 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘, 𝑇𝑇



+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
2

𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 ∗ − 60 = 0
 5

2
 
𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = 60
5
60 ∗ 5

𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 =
2
𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = 30 5 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘, 𝑇𝑇
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
1
𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 + 𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 ∗ − 𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 0
5
1 1
𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = 𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 − 𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 ∗ = 20 − 30 5 ∗
5 5
𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = −10 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘
𝐹𝐹𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷 = 10 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘, 𝐶𝐶

Prepared By: Engr. Christopher E. Rodolfo 6


↑ +∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0

𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 + 𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = 0
 
 𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = −𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = −40 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘
𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 40 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘, 𝐶𝐶




𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟐 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌, 𝑪𝑪
𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌, 𝑻𝑻
𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟓𝟓 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌, 𝑻𝑻
𝑫𝑫𝑫𝑫 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌, 𝑪𝑪
𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝒌𝒌𝒌𝒌, 𝑪𝑪

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





 
    

 



+↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐷𝐷 = 0


𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 ∗ 40 − 400 ∗ 25 − 1400 ∗ 10 = 0
 40𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 10000 + 14000
24000

𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 =
40

 
 
 
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 600 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
 
    
 +↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 + 𝐷𝐷𝑦𝑦 − 400 − 1400 = 0
   
𝐷𝐷𝑦𝑦 = 400 + 1400 − 600
𝐷𝐷𝑦𝑦 = 1200 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐷𝐷𝑥𝑥 = 0

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 +↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
4
 𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 + ∗ 𝐹𝐹 =0
 5 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴
 4
𝐹𝐹 = −𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦

 5 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴
5𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 5 ∗ 600
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = − =−
 4 4
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = −750 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 750 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝐶𝐶
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
3
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 + ∗ 𝐹𝐹 =0
5 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴
3 3
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = − 𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = − ∗ −750
5 5
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 450 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝑇𝑇



 
 +→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
 
3 3
  𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 ∗ − FEA ∗ =0
10 5
3 3
𝐹𝐹
𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 =
10 5 𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸
3 ∗ 10
𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = ∗ −750
3∗5
𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = −474.3416 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = 474.3416 lb, C
+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
4 1
− 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 ∗ − 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 ∗ − 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = 0
5 10
4 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 4 −474.3416𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = − 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 − = − ∗ −750 −
5 10 5 10
𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = 750 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝑇𝑇

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
 +↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0

 1

−400 + 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 ∗ +𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 0


 2
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
 = 400 − 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵
2
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 2 ∗ 400 − 750
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = −494.9747 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 494.9747 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝐶𝐶

+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
1
−𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 + 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 ∗ + 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 0
2
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 −494.9747
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 − = 450 −
2 2
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 800 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝑇𝑇

+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0

−1400 + 𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 0
   𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 1400 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝑇𝑇
+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
 −𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 + 𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 0

𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶
𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 800 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝑇𝑇

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 +↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0

1 3 1
 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ∗ − 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 − 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ∗ − 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 ∗ =0
  10 13 2
 3 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹
 
𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 = − 𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 −

   13 10 2
13 −474.3416 −494.9747
𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 = ∗ − 1400 −
3 10 2
𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 = −1442.2205 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐹 = 1442.2205 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝐶𝐶

𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑻𝑻
𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 = 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑪𝑪
𝑬𝑬𝑬𝑬 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒. 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑪𝑪
𝑬𝑬𝑬𝑬 = 𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕𝟕 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑻𝑻
𝑩𝑩𝑩𝑩 = 𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒𝟒. 𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗𝟗 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑪𝑪
𝑩𝑩𝑩𝑩 = 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑻𝑻
𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑻𝑻
𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪 = 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑻𝑻
𝑭𝑭𝑭𝑭 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑪𝑪

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 Method of Section






 

   

     


         

 

 

 


  

     

  

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 
 

  

     

 

 
∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
∑𝑀𝑀 = 0
 


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 SAMPLE PROBLEM 3

𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 

 



 
 

      

 




 



 




  

 
       


   


+↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐻𝐻 = 0
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 ∗ 48 − 1200 ∗ 36 − 1200 ∗ 24 − 1200 ∗ 12 = 0
48𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 43200 + 28800 + 14400
86400
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 =
48
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 1800 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙

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+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐻𝐻𝑥𝑥 = 0
+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 + 𝐻𝐻𝑦𝑦 − 1200 − 1200 − 1200 = 0
𝐻𝐻𝑦𝑦 = 3600 − 𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 3600 − 1800
𝐻𝐻𝑦𝑦 = 1800 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙



 




+↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐵𝐵 = 0

𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 ∗ 12 − 𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 ∗ 8 = 0



  8𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 21600

21600
𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 =
  8
𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 = 2700 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝑇𝑇
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
3 3
𝐹𝐹𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 + 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 ∗ + 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 ∗
=0
10 13
3 3
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 + 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = −2700 𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸. 1
10 13
+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
1 2
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 − 1200 + 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 ∗ − 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 ∗ =0
10 13
1 2
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 − 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 1200 − 1800
10 13
1 2
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 − 𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = −600 𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸. 2
10 13


𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = −2529.8221 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 2529.8221 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝐶𝐶
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = −360.5551 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 360.5551 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝐶𝐶

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
𝑪𝑪𝑪𝑪 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑻𝑻
𝑩𝑩𝑩𝑩 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐. 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑪𝑪
𝑩𝑩𝑩𝑩 = 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑. 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑪𝑪

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM 4

𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 






 



 ° 

   





 




 



 °
 


 

   

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+↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐶𝐶 = 0
8 ∗ 𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 − 1000 ∗ 8 − 3000 ∗ 6 − 1000 ∗ 4 − 1000 ∗ 2 = 0
8𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 8000 + 18000 + 4000 + 2000
8𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 32000
=
8 8
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 4000 𝑁𝑁, ↑
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 = 0
+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 + 𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 − 1000 − 3000 − 1000 − 1000 = 0
𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = 6000 − 4000
𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = 2000 𝑁𝑁, ↑
 +↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐵𝐵 = 0
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 ∗ 4 − 1000 ∗ 4 − 3000 ∗ 2
 + 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 ∗ cos 30 ∗ 4 ∗ tan 30 = 0

°
2𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = 4000 + 6000 − 16000
 2𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 6000
 =−
 2 2

𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = −3000 𝑁𝑁

𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = 3000 𝑁𝑁, 𝐶𝐶
 ° 



 


+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 ∗ cos 30 − 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 ∗ cos 30 = 0
𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 cos 30 = 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 cos 30
°

°
𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = −3000 𝑁𝑁
 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = 3000 𝑁𝑁, 𝐶𝐶
 +↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0


−1000 − 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 ∗ sin 30 − 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 ∗ sin 30 − 𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = 0

𝐹𝐹𝐸𝐸𝐸𝐸 = −1000 − (−3000 sin 30) − −3000 sin 30
𝑭𝑭𝑬𝑬𝑬𝑬 = 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐 𝑵𝑵, 𝑻𝑻

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 Method of frames






 

  

 

 
 


  
 

  




 
∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
∑𝑀𝑀 = 0

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM 5

  



 


 






 

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
 

 
 
  










  



 
 

 




 +↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐵𝐵 = 0
10

 300 ∗ 10 ∗ − 𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 ∗ 10 = 0
 2
10𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 15000
=
10 10
𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 = 1500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ←
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
 300 ∗ 10 − 𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 − 𝐵𝐵𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐵𝐵𝑥𝑥 = 3000 − 𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 = 3000 − 1500
 𝐵𝐵𝑥𝑥 = 1500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ←

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



 





+↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐷𝐷 = 0
6 ∗ 𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 + 2 ∗ 𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 = 0
6𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = −(2 ∗ 1500)
𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = −500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = 500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ↓
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 − 𝐷𝐷𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐷𝐷𝑥𝑥 = 𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥
𝐷𝐷𝑥𝑥 = 1500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ←
+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 − 𝐷𝐷𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐷𝐷𝑦𝑦 = 𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦
𝐷𝐷𝑦𝑦 = −500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
𝐷𝐷𝑦𝑦 = 500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ↑

+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐵𝐵𝑦𝑦 − 𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 − 1000 = 0
𝐵𝐵𝑦𝑦 = 1000 − 500
𝐵𝐵𝑦𝑦 = 500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ↑

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
 +↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐹𝐹 = 0
8 ∗ 𝐷𝐷𝑥𝑥 − 4 ∗ 𝐸𝐸𝑥𝑥 = 0

 4𝐸𝐸𝑥𝑥 = 8𝐷𝐷𝑥𝑥
8
𝐸𝐸𝑥𝑥 = ∗ 1500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
4
 𝐸𝐸𝑥𝑥 = 3000 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ←
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
  𝐷𝐷𝑥𝑥 − 𝐸𝐸𝑥𝑥 − 𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
 𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 𝐷𝐷𝑥𝑥 − 𝐸𝐸𝑥𝑥 = 1500 − 3000
𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = −1500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙

𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 1500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, →
  



 +↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐴𝐴 = 0

8 ∗ 𝐸𝐸𝑥𝑥 − 12 ∗ 𝐸𝐸𝑦𝑦 + 4 ∗ 𝐵𝐵𝑥𝑥
+ 6 ∗ 𝐵𝐵𝑦𝑦 = 0

 12𝐸𝐸𝑦𝑦
= 8 ∗ 3000 + 4 ∗ 1500 + (6

 ∗ 500)
 33000
𝐸𝐸𝑦𝑦 =
 12
𝐸𝐸𝑦𝑦 = 2750 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ↑

 +→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
 𝐸𝐸𝑥𝑥 + 𝐵𝐵𝑥𝑥 − 𝐴𝐴𝑥𝑥 = 0

 𝐴𝐴𝑥𝑥 = 𝐸𝐸𝑥𝑥 + 𝐵𝐵𝑥𝑥
 𝐴𝐴𝑥𝑥 = 3000 + 1500

𝐴𝐴𝑥𝑥 = 4500 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ←

+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 − 𝐵𝐵𝑦𝑦 + 𝐸𝐸𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 𝐵𝐵𝑦𝑦 − 𝐸𝐸𝑦𝑦 = 500 − 2750
𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = −2250 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙
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 𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦 = 2250 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ↓

+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 + 𝐷𝐷𝑦𝑦 − 𝐸𝐸𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 𝐸𝐸𝑦𝑦 − 𝐷𝐷𝑦𝑦 = 2750 − 500
𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 2250 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, ↑

𝐴𝐴 = 𝐴𝐴2𝑥𝑥 + 𝐴𝐴2𝑦𝑦 = 4500 2 + 2250 2

𝐴𝐴 = 5031.1529 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙


𝐴𝐴𝑦𝑦
tan 𝜃𝜃 =
𝐴𝐴𝑥𝑥
2250
𝜃𝜃 = tan−1
4500
𝜃𝜃 = 26.5651°

𝐴𝐴 = 5031.1529 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝑊𝑊 26.5651° 𝑆𝑆


𝐹𝐹 = 𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥2 + 𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦2 = −1500 2 + 2250 2

𝐴𝐴 = 2704.1635 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙


𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦
tan 𝜃𝜃 =
𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥
2250
𝜃𝜃 = tan−1
1500
𝜃𝜃 = 56.3099°

𝐹𝐹 = 5031.1529 𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙, 𝐸𝐸 56.3099° 𝑁𝑁


𝑨𝑨 = 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑾𝑾 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟐. 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓 𝑺𝑺
𝑭𝑭 = 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓. 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝒍𝒍𝒍𝒍, 𝑬𝑬 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓. 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑° 𝑵𝑵
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 SAMPLE PROBLEM 6

  











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



 





 




+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 − 800 = 0
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 800 𝑁𝑁, 𝐶𝐶
+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 − 800 = 0
𝐹𝐹𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵 = 800 𝑁𝑁, 𝐶𝐶


𝑨𝑨𝑨𝑨 = 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝑵𝑵, 𝑪𝑪
𝑩𝑩𝑩𝑩 = 𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖𝟖 𝑵𝑵, 𝑪𝑪

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 SAMPLE PROBLEM 7









 

°











°
  



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
+↻ ∑𝑀𝑀𝐶𝐶 = 0
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 sin 60 ∗ 4 − 2000 ∗ 2 = 0
4000
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 =
4 sin 60
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 = 1154.700538 N
+→ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 cos 60 − 𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 = 0
𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 = 1154.700538 cos 60
𝐶𝐶𝑥𝑥 = 577.3503 𝑁𝑁, ←
+↑ ∑𝐹𝐹𝑦𝑦 = 0 ↑
𝐹𝐹𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 sin 60 + 𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 − 2000 = 0
𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = 2000 − 1154.700538 sin 60
𝐶𝐶𝑦𝑦 = 1000 𝑁𝑁, ↑

𝑪𝑪𝒙𝒙 = 𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓𝟓. 𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝑵𝑵, ←
𝑪𝑪𝒚𝒚 = 𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝑵𝑵, ↑

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