PASCO ME-6992B Advanced Structures Set - Manual (Page 56)

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Installation
Use two thumbscrews to mount a bracket to one
side of a PASCO Force Platform. Note that two
brackets will fit on one Force Platform.
Use Truss Set thumbscrews (ME-6994) from one
of the PASCO Structures Systems sets to attach
I-beams or other members of a structure set to the
six attachment positions on the bracket. (See Fig-
ure 1.)
Using Brackets on a
Force Platform
If a structure is connected to one or two Force
Platform Structure Brackets that are mounted on a
Force Platform, the dynamic changes in tension or
compression of the members of the structure can
be measured.
The different attachment positions along the side
of the bracket allow different I-beam members to
be used between two Brackets mounted on a
Force Platform. Let the span of a structure be the
distance between its attachment positions on two
Brackets. Let the separation of the structure be the
distance between two vertical members attached
to the same Bracket.
The center attachment positions (labeled “3”)
allow a span and separation of a #3 I-beam mem-
ber. The next two attachment positions relative to
the center allow a span and separation of a #4
I-beam. (See Figure 2.)
Use the thumb-
screws to attach
the Bracket to a
Force Platform.
Thumbscrew in
storage hole.
Use Truss Set thumbscrews to
attach I-beams, etc., to the Bracket.
Truss Set
thumbscrew
Figure 1: Force Platform
Structures Bracket
Bracket
Structures
I-beams
Attachment
positions 3,
4, and 5
#3 #3
Innermost
attachment
position (3)
Thumbscrew
Span
Separation
#4
#4
Middle
attachment
position (4)
Figure 2: Mount Various Structures on a Force Platform