Deflection of Trusses using Principle of Virtual Work - Intro to Structural Analysis

[@Gritpawa]

Thanks for the concise explanations.

[@StructuresProfH]

You're welcome!

[@shanemendez5128]

Appreciate this! My prof. doesn't do examples :(

[@StructuresProfH]

Glad I could help!

[@lungaocleburne8474]

How about displacement of horizontal

[@StructuresProfH]

To find horizontal displacement at a point, just change the unit load from a vertical load to a horizontal load and repeat the process. The “real” loads are still the same, so if you already have the vertical displacement at a point, you only need to solve one more system (that is, the virtual system with the horizontal unit load) to find the horizontal displacement.

[@lungaocleburne8474]

@@StructuresProfH show me solutions horizontal displacements