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How to find zero force member in Truss? If we remove zero force member from Truss body, is it going to be unstable structure?
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Niel
 To find the zero force members of a truss or any system you need to prepare a free body diagram of the system.

In theory if you remove a zero force member the system will continue to remain stable, but you will remove redundancy.

What happens if one of the loaded members fails or becomes excessively loaded?

Also in most cases zero force members are only zero force if the system does not flex or move.

Niel Leon
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13 years ago

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