Question: Supervisor Wow, If the member does not experience any force, then can we consider that the member is redundant and the design be updated to
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Wow, If the member does not experience any force, then can we consider that the member is redundant and the design be updated to eliminate the zeroforce members from the truss structure?
Can we eliminate the zeroforce members on the truss structure design and why?
No Elimination of the zero force members could lower the buckling load of the structure at the joint.
No Elimination would increase to reaction forces at the support locations.
Yes. They do not have any reaction forces.
Yes. To reduce extra weight of the structure.
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