Question

define bow's notation and state it uses​

Answer 1

Definition of Bow's notation. : a method of lettering the cells and outside spaces formed by the directions of the stresses in and loads on a framed structure so that these stresses and loads can be traced by similar letters in the reciprocal diagram.

Answer 2

Definition of Bow's notation :

A method of lettering the cells and outside spaces formed by the directions of the stresses in and loads on a framed structure so that these stresses and loads can be traced by similar letters in the reciprocal diagram.

Uses :

The spaces between the forces within the structure are lettered in order, so that each force is identified by means of the two letters in the spaces on either side of it. By this device vector diagrams can be lettered correspondingly.