% EK301, Section A1, Group 7, Team GNU, 4/09/12 % Michael Abed, ID U55178419 % Joseph Stone, ID U44434740 % Ben Havey, ID U46525972 Load: 3.920 N Member forces in Newtons: m1: 2.884 (C) m2: 2.079 (T) m3: 2.369 (T) m4: 3.349 (C) m5: 2.309 (C) m6: 4.503 (T) m7: 2.254 (T) m8: 5.543 (C) m9: 2.164 (T) m10: 4.545 (T) m11: 2.401 (C) m12: 3.104 (C) m13: 2.217 (T) m14: 1.995 (T) m15: 2.769 (C) Reaction forces in Newtons r1: 0.000 r2: 2.000 r3: 1.920 Cost of truss: $256 Theoretical max load is 11.5765 Theoretical max load/cost ratio in N/$: 0.0453 First member to break is member 8 The buclking force is 14.795 N Worst possible buckling strength is 10.810 N Theoretical worst load/cost ratio: 0.0423