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    Perfect, Deficient and Redundant Trusses

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    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

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    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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    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

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    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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