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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Center-line Displacement for Cross Bracing

DETERMINING CENTER-LINE DISPLACEMENT FOR EQUIDISTANT CROSS BRACING STRUCTURE



PROOF

SOLVE FOR h, PROJECTED HEIGHT, BY USING TRIGONOMETRIC RELATIONS FOR r, INCLINATION ANGLE. FROM DETAIL A, THE FOLLOWING RELATION IS REVEALED:



USING THE MAIN DETAIL, SIMILAR RELATIONS CAN BE MADE USING THE FOLLOWING:



ASSUMING CONSTANT VALUE, u.


MAKING THE RELATION BETWEEN TANGENT, SINE AND COSINE:

 Edited (16 JULY 2013): Pasted pictures of equations... Looks more professional.