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I've updated my page at:
http://overton.tamu.edu/aset/krajci/truss-analysis/truss-analysis.htm
to include the effect of the truss' own weight under the acceleration of gravity.

While this increases truss deflection about 2.5 times...the relative
ranking of truss stiffness does not change...except that the triangular
trusses do just a little bit better compared to their square-framed
counterparts...but the difference is only a few percent.

Tom Krajci
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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