Why does an ideal truss member undergo only axial forces and not bending moments?

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Why does an ideal truss member undergo only axial forces and not bending moments?

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Because that’s how the model works. They would just bend without any resistance under any bending moment.

That of course means all the nodes may not impart bending moments on the members.

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