KB6005 Advanced Structural Systems

2018/19 Semester 1

Dr. Sherry CHEN

Lecturer
Department of Mechanical & Construction Engineering

0191-349-5121

sherry.chen@northumbria.ac.uk

Room 509, Wynne-Jones Building

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Seminar 7:
Statically-indeterminate structures

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 Lecture summary

 Statically indeterminate structures: reaction and internal

forces of the structure cannot be determined solely by
equilibrium equations.
 Steps for solving a statically indeterminate structure:
• Equilibrium equations (force analysis)
• Compatibility conditions (displacement requirements)
• Force-displacement relations from material behaviour
 Types of statically-indeterminate structures:
• Due to material non-homogeneity
• Due to excessive fixity

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 Question 1
P = 150 kN
A cylindrical assembly
consisting of a brass core Aluminium collar
and an aluminium collar is Brass core
compressed by a force of
150 kN. The Young’s
moduli of brass and

350 mm
aluminium are respectively
Ebrass = 100 GPa and EAl =
70 GPa.
Find the forces applied on
the brass core and the 25 mm
aluminium collar.
40 mm
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 Thinking
P = 150 kN
 Force analysis:
Equilibrium equation of Aluminium collar
Pbrass and PAl Brass core
 Displacement
requirement: PAl Pbrass
Compatibility conditions

350 mm
of δbrass and δAl
 Force-displacement
relations
Pbrass−δbrass 25 mm
Paluminum−δAl
40 mm
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 Question II

A rigid bar AB is hinged to a support at point A

and supported by two vertical steel wires CF and
DE. Both wires have the same cross-sectional area
A = 18 mm2 and Young’s modulus E = 200 GPa.
A force F = 1500 N is applied
at the end B of the bar.
Determine the tensile
forces in the wires CF
= 0.5 m
and DE.

0.5 m
0.75 m

1.5 m 6
 Thinking

 Force analysis:
Equilibrium equation of
PCF and PDE
 Displacement
requirement:
Compatibility conditions
of δCF and δDE
 Force-displacement = 0.5 m
relations
PCF−δCF
PDE−δDE 0.5 m
0.75 m

1.5 m
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