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Why is a truss light weight?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

a truss puts members at chosen positions where they are the most useful

a typical truss is an array of rectangles, with diagonal cross-members, with a triangle at each end

a truss is lighter than a solid beam for the same load

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