• Take advantage of the fact that DH is a two-force member when drawing you individual FBDs of the members.
• Be sure to take into account that B and H are two-sided pin connections.
• Review the material in Chapter 3 of the lecture book regarding the calculation of normal and shear components of stress for uni-axially loaded members when working Part 5.

NOTE: Use “A” to represent the cross-sectional area of member HD. That was left off from the problem statement.

 

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