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Name this connection!


Identify the type of connection illustrated above:

A. pinned
B. rigid
C. roller
D. fixed




Answer is A. pinned. A pinned connection permits a structural member to rotate but not translate in any direction. Both vertical and horizontal forces can be resisted but not moment. This illustrates just one of many idealized models of a pinned connection.

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