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This material is copyright - all rights reserved. Reproduced under licence from The <strong>Steel</strong> Construction Institute on 12/2/2007<br />

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<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

184 Other structural applications of steel<br />

Fig. 5.15 MERO node connector<br />

Fig. 5.16 NODUS node connector<br />

computer significant amounts of information relating to the topology of the structure<br />

and properties of the individual members. This operation can be very timeconsuming<br />

unless modern pre-processing techniques which allow rapid data<br />

generation are adopted. 7<br />

The members forming double-layer space frames are principally stressed in<br />

either axial tension or axial compression. Consequently it is usual in the analysis<br />

of double-layer space trusses to assume that the members in the structure are

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