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Perfect, Deficient, and Redundant Trusses

A perfect truss has just enough members to resist loads without deformation. A triangular truss with three joints and three members is the simplest perfect truss. The number of members (m) in a perfect truss is related to the number of joints (j) by the formula m = 2j - 3. However, this formula is only a necessary, not sufficient, condition for a perfect truss. Both the arrangement and connectivity of members must allow the truss to retain its shape under any load at any joint.

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Perfect, Deficient, and Redundant Trusses

A perfect truss has just enough members to resist loads without deformation. A triangular truss with three joints and three members is the simplest perfect truss. The number of members (m) in a perfect truss is related to the number of joints (j) by the formula m = 2j - 3. However, this formula is only a necessary, not sufficient, condition for a perfect truss. Both the arrangement and connectivity of members must allow the truss to retain its shape under any load at any joint.

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PERFECT, DEFICIENT AND REDUNDANT TRUSSES

A pinjointed truss which has got just sufficient number of members to


resist the loads without undergoing appreciable deformation in shape is
called a perfect truss. Triangular truss is the simplest perfect truss and it
has three joints and three members (Fig. 3.1). Perfect trusses with four and
five joints are shown in Figs. 3.2 and 3.3 respectively.
It may be observed that to increase one joint in a perfect truss, two
more members are required. Hence the following expression may be written
down as the relationship between number of joints j, and the number of
members m, in a perfect truss.
m = 2j – 3 ...(3.1)
However, the above equation gives only a necessary, but
not a sufficient condition of a perfect truss. For example, the
two trusses shown in Fig. 3.4(a) and (b) have the same number
of members and joints. The truss shown in Fig. 3.4(a) is perfect
whereas the one shown in Fig. 3.4(b) is not capable of
retaining its shape if loaded at the joint marked 6. Therefore,
the only necessary and sufficient condition of a perfect truss
is that it should retain its shape when load is applied at any
joint in any direction

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