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• In order to facilitate the analysis of inclined members, the axial force N of an inclined member will be resolved into its horizontal and vertical components, X and Y , in the calculation. The axial force N of an inclined member AB and its horizontal and vertical force components X and Y form a triangle shown in fig, while the length L of the inclined member AB and its horizontal and vertical projections LX and LY form another triangle .since the direction of axial forces in the members of a truss coincide with their centroidal axes, the two triangles are similar to each other. There exists the following relation:
6.2 the method of joints
• In the method of joints, the axial forces in the members of a plane statically determinate truss are determined by considering the equilibrium of its joints. Since the entire truss is in equilibrium, each of its joints must also be in equilibrium, at each joint of the truss, the member forces and any applied loads and reactions form a coplanar concurrent force system, which must satisfy two equilibrium equations, , in order to make the joint in equilibrium. These two equilibrium equations must be satisfied at each joint of the truss. There are only two equations of equilibrium at a joint, so they cannot be used to determine more than two unknown forces.