Construction PE
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Can somebody help me with NCEES problem 118?? (2011 blue book edition)
The solution says "By inspection, Member b=0 kips, and Member c=100kips". This is not intuitive to me and I cannot do it "by inspection". Can someone give me some pointers?
I tried finding the reactions first... I assume each support has one vertical and one horizontal reaction. If I sum moments about the bottom support, I can find each horizontal reaction... and then I'm stuck.
Thanks in advance!
The solution says "By inspection, Member b=0 kips, and Member c=100kips". This is not intuitive to me and I cannot do it "by inspection". Can someone give me some pointers?
I tried finding the reactions first... I assume each support has one vertical and one horizontal reaction. If I sum moments about the bottom support, I can find each horizontal reaction... and then I'm stuck.
Thanks in advance!