TRUSS ANALYSIS USING AN EQUIVALENT BEAM WITH SHEAR FLEXIBILITY
Abstract
Truss is considered as equivalent to a beam with shear flexibility.
The web thickness of the equivalent beam is calculated for various truss
forms. The basic relations utilized in the analysis of structural systems
composed of beams with shear flexibility, by means of the force method and
the slope - deflection method, are presented.
Finally, the tables to be used in the analysis of contineous trusses
are produced.
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