(1) Starting from a support joint and use method of joints to determine the force in each member of the loaded truss. All triangles are equilateral.
Ans: AB = 15.59 kN C, AE = 8.66 kN T, BC = 15.01 kN C, BD = 5.20 kN C, BE = 4.04 kN C, CD = 7.51 kN T, DE = 6.35 kN T
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