I think they really screwed up the solutions for these problems. It seems they made the loads from the remaining purlins at 1/4 & 3/4 points disappear when the truss and machine loads were added. Shouldn't the condition to be analyzed in problems a) and b be a combination of Figures 804C & D? (i.e. the 2k purlin loads and the 20k machine load). Also they seemed to ignore the reaction from the truss king post in their beam bending analysis in part b. Were we supposed to ignore it for some reason? I got very little bending stress and a large compression stress with the truss in place.
What is your take on this problem?
What is your take on this problem?
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