Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Author’s Note
- Part I Simple Structures
- Part II Truss Frameworks
- 4 Statical (In)determinacy in Trusses
- 5 Virtual Work for Trusses
- 6 Why Does the Lower Bound Theorem Work?
- Part III Beams and Frames: Character
- Part IV Beams and Frames: Analysis
- Part V Design Choices
- Part VI Deliberately Deformed
- Further Reading
- Index
5 - Virtual Work for Trusses
from Part II - Truss Frameworks
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Author’s Note
- Part I Simple Structures
- Part II Truss Frameworks
- 4 Statical (In)determinacy in Trusses
- 5 Virtual Work for Trusses
- 6 Why Does the Lower Bound Theorem Work?
- Part III Beams and Frames: Character
- Part IV Beams and Frames: Analysis
- Part V Design Choices
- Part VI Deliberately Deformed
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
The method of Virtual Work is applied to three truss examples to highlight directly the various efficacies of the method, in particular, the extra analytical freedom afforded by the nature of indeterminacy.
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- Solving Problems of Simple Structural Mechanics , pp. 37 - 45Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022