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PROBLEM (13.15) Resolve Problem 13.14 for the planar truss supported and loaded as shown in Fig.
P13.15. Take AE = 10 MN for each element.
SOLUTION
Table P13.15 Data for the truss of Fig.P13.15
22
()
1 5 53.13 0.6 0.8 0.36 0.48 0.64
2 4 180 1 0 1 0 0
o
o
Element Length m c s c cs s
θ
−
( a ) Use Eq.(13.14):
uv u
11 2
v
2
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎦
⎤
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎣
⎡
−−
−−
−−
−−
=
64.048.064.048.0
48.036.048.036.0
64.048.064.048.0
48.036.048.036.0
5
][ 1AE
k
uv uv
22 3 3
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎦
⎤
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎣
⎡
−
−
=
0000
0101
0000
0101
4
][ 2AE
k
( b ) Global Stiffness Matrix
uvu vu
112 23
v
3
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎦
⎤
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎣
⎡
−
−−
−−−
−−
−−
=
000000
025.0025.000
00128.0096.0128.0096.0
025.0096.0322.0096.0072.0
00128.0096.0128.0096.0
00096.0072.0096.0072.0
][ AEK
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( c )
2
2
0 0.322 0.096
6000 0.093 0.128
u
AE v
⎧
⎫
⎧⎫⎡ ⎤
=
⎨⎬ ⎨
⎢⎥
−
⎩⎭⎣ ⎦
⎩⎭
⎬
23
6
2
43 0 1.8
1(10 )
3 10.063 6000 6.04
10(10 )
um
v−
−
⎧⎫ ⎡⎤⎧⎫⎧⎫
==
⎨⎬ ⎨ ⎬⎨ ⎬
⎢⎥
−−−
⎣⎦⎩⎭⎩⎭
⎩⎭
( d )
12
12
3
0.072 0.096 4.5024
0.096 0.128 6.0032
0.25 0 4.5
x
y
x
Ru
R
AE kN
v
R
−−
⎧⎫ ⎡ ⎤ ⎧ ⎫
⎧⎫
⎪⎪ ⎪ ⎪
⎢⎥
=− − =
⎨⎬ ⎨⎬⎨ ⎬
⎢⎥
⎩⎭
⎪⎪ ⎪ ⎪
⎢⎥
−−
⎩⎭ ⎣ ⎦ ⎩ ⎭
( e ) Use Eq.(13.15)
[] []
26)
12 2
0.0018
0.6 0.8 10(10 0.6 0.8 37.5 ( )
0.00604
u
FAE kNC
v
⎧⎫ ⎧⎫
== =−
⎨⎬ ⎨ ⎬
−
⎩⎭
⎩⎭
[] []
26)
23 2
0.0018
1 0 10(10 1 0 18 ( )
0.00604
u
FAE kNT
v
−−
⎧⎫ ⎧⎫
=− = − =
⎨⎬ ⎨ ⎬
−⎩⎭
⎩⎭
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