Node (statics)
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Junction of a framework
A node is in the Structural the junction of the rods in a rod supporting structure . The rods can be connected to one another in an articulated or rigid manner. A in steel biegsteife implementation used is the Oktaplatte .
In statics , every subsystem is in equilibrium , so if you cut a knot , the sum of all force values (forces as well as moments) must be zero. In truss structures you go to a flashover moderate predimensioning often in an approximation of nodes articulated off, see round cut , as generally trusses only very small moments occur.