Question: The truss shown below is loaded by a dead load of PDL = 6 0 kips and a live load of PLL = 3 0

The truss shown below is loaded by a dead load of PDL=60 kips and a live load of PLL=30 kips. Calculate the factored axial compression in the diagonal member A, and then design a pair of double angles (2L - long leg back-to-back, LLBB) to resist the compression force. Assume: Gr.36 steel (Fy =36 ksi, Fu =58 ksi); that the truss is braced in the out-of-plane directions at the panel points, but that the members can buckle between panel points; gusset plates are 3/8 thick; and that the effective buckling length of the members are equal to the length between panel points.
The truss shown below is loaded by a dead load of

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