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Example:
Overall idea:
Express FM in terms of displacements of I and J
Assemble ALL members and enforce
EQUILIBRIUM to find displacements.
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These LOCAL (member) force-displacement relationships can be easily established for ALL
the members in the truss, simply by using given material and geometric properties of the
different members.
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Note that "q" are forces on members, so to get forces on nodes we must take "-q".
Each one of the 10 equations above must sum to ZERO for global equilibrium.
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Rearranging:
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Input File
MATLAB Code for 2D Truss Analysis using the Stiffness Method (Continued)
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Example
Support at node 1 settles down by 25mm.
Determine the force in member 2.
AE = 8x106 N
Kglobal =
Kglobal =
Solution:
Displacements:
Reactions:
Displacement of member 2
Force in Member 2
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Example
Find displacements and reactions.
Assume EA = 1
KG
Solution:
KG '
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Example
Member 2 is too short by 0.01 m.
Determine the force in member 2.
AE = 8x106 N
Kglobal =
Solution
Force in member 2:
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Example
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Plotting
Element Calculations
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KA = KB =
Solution:
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Load:
Example
Support B settles by 1.5 in.
Find the reactions and draw the Shear Force and
Bending Moment Diagrams of the beam.
E = 29000 ksi ; I = 750 in4
K1 = K2 =
K3 =
Assembled Kglobal =
Solution:
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Example
Determine reactions.
E = 29000 ksi; I = 510in4
K2 = K3 =
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= QrotT
Note:
Transformation matrix T defined
above is the same as QrotT defined
in the provided MATLAB code.
Qrot
Converting Local co-ordinates to Global:
(Qrot)
(Qrot)
(Qrot)
(Qrot)
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(QrotT)
(Qrot)
(QrotT)
Example:
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(Qrot)
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Plotting
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Example:
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(Global Co-ordinates)
Solution:
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