A tensile member in a truss frame is subjected to a load that varies from 0 to 6500lb as a traveling crane moves across the frame. design the tensile member. using the guideline design procedure 5-11.

The procedure is set up assuming that the following factors are known or can be specified or estimated:

• General design requirements: Objectives and limitations on size, shape, weight, desired precision, and so forth

• Nature of the loads to be carried

• Types of stresses produced by the loads

• Type of material from which the element is to be made

• General description of the manufacturing process to be used, particularly with regard to the surface finish that will be produced