Question

Solve the following statics problem in MATLAB programming:

Support fixture 0.15 m 0.1m 0.1 m Figure P6.19

Suppose that you are asked to design the stand illustrated in Figure P6.19 by choosing the angle theta that gives that gives the smallest value of force in each member. A constraint on your solution is that the stand must be 0.15 m high (that is, DB = 0.15 m) and that the width of the stand (as measured by the line AC) must be less than 0.4 m. The maximum load the stand must hold is 1500 N.

Answer 1