STATICALLY DETERMINATE

TRUSSES: Introduction
Definition and Uses

 A truss is an assemblage of straight members

connected at their ends by flexible
connections to form a rigid configuration.
Because of their light weight and high
strength, trusses are widely used, and their
applications range from supporting bridges
and roofs of buildings to being support
structures in space stations.
Definition and Uses

 A truss is an assemblage of straight members

connected at their ends by flexible
connections to form a rigid configuration.
Because of their light weight and high
strength, trusses are widely used, and their
applications range from supporting bridges
and roofs of buildings to being support
structures in space stations.
Definitions and Uses

ROOF TRUSS
Large Bow Truss and Supporting Truss for Gymnasium
Definitions and Uses

BRIDGE TRUSS A Segment of the INTEGRATED TRUSS STRUCTURE which

forms the Backbone of the International Space Station
 SPACE TRUSSES

Although a great
majority of trusses can
be analyzed as plane
trusses, there are
some truss systems,
such as transmission
towers and latticed
domes that cannot be Geodesic Dome Climatron Showing Glass-and-
treated as plane Aluminum Geodesie Design Missouri Botanical
Garden, St. Louis, Missouri
trusses because
Truss Types
Common Roof Trusses
Truss Types
Common Bridge Trusses
ASSUMPTIONS in TRUSS ANALYSIS

1. All members are

connected only at
their ends by
frictionless hinges
in plane trusses
and by frictionless
ball-and-socket
joints in space
trusses.
ASSUMPTIONS in TRUSS ANALYSIS

2. All loads and support reactions are applied only

at the joints.
ASSUMPTIONS in TRUSS ANALYSIS

3. The centroidal axis of each member coincides

with the line connecting the centers of the
adjacent joints.
Truss Classifications

SIMPLE TRUSS

COMPOUND TRUSS
COMPLEX TRUSS
Truss Classifications
Truss Classifications
Truss Classifications