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No: 2
Question 2.1
Data:
L = 150 mm
Also:
From the equilibrium equation:
K*U = F.
On solving
Thus N
u2 = 1.5 mm
and
Question 2.2
See the next page which is handwritten. I have identified the 6 degrees of freedom
in a diagram on that page, and explained in detail steps to derive the global
stiffness matrix.
For element 1 incline at 45 degrees, the global stiffness matrix is below (see table
in previous page for data):
On assembling the global stiffness matrix for the structure, (carefully noting the
nodes), the structure stiffness matrix becomes:
K*U = F
From the above equilibrium matrix, we can get data for u2 and v2.
Stress =
P2
We would compute the force in each bar and divide by
area
P1
F1
element 1
(where A is area)
Similarly, resolving the forces P1 and P2 along the axis of element 2, we get:
Therefore, stress in Element 2
(where A is area)
Question 2.3
Solution
It is quite similar to question 2 but the support at node 3 is inclined at 45 degrees.
Material Properties
For element 1 & 2
For Element 3
Stiffness matrix
Because of the inclined support, I would treat the stiffness matrix for each element
separately.
Element 1:
Element 2
Using the matrix equation I wrote (by hand on page 8), the following data was used:
Element 3
In this case, the member is aligned in same axis as the inclined support. Data used
is thus:
Assembling the global stiffness for the structure (carefully noting the nodes). It
becomes:
We are given the value of P=1000. To get our displacements u2 and u3, we would
use the submatrix below extracted from the above matrix:
Solving the simultaneous equation leads to the following displacement for u2 and u3.
u2 = - 0.0112 m,
and
u3 = -0.0159 m
Reaction Forces
From the equilibrium matrix in the last page we would use the last 4 rows to get the
reactions at the support. From that matrix, required equation and thus the reactions
are below:
From Row 3:
F1x (-0.5 * u3) = -0.5 x -0.0159 = 1,001.7 KN
From Row 4
F1y ( 0.5 * u3) = -0.5 x -0.0159 = -1,001.7 KN
From Row 5
F2y 0
From Row 6
This is the inclined support. We would resolve the value we get into horizontal and
vertical components to get the value of reaction F3x and F3y:
F3 ( 0.7071 * u2 1* u3)
i.e. F3
On resolving
F3x = -1,005 cos (45) = -711 KN
F3y = -1,005 cos (135) = 711 KN