PROBLEM 1

Given:

Constant EI
Solution:

JOINT A B C
MEMBER AB BA BC CB CD
k 0.6667 0.3333
DF 0.0000 0.6667 0.3333 1.0000
FEM 0.0000 0.0000 -67.5000 67.5000 -120.0000
BAL 0.0000 45.0000 22.5000 52.5000
CO 22.5000 0.0000 26.2500 0.0000
BAL 0.0000 -17.5000 -8.7500 0.0000
CO -8.7500 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
BAL 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
ΣM 13.75 27.50 -27.50 120.00 -120.00
Problem 2
Given:

Solution:

JOINTS A C D B E
MEMBERS AC CA CD DC DB DE BD ED
k 0.2000 0.2667 0.2667 0.2000 0.2000
DF 0.0000 0.4286 0.5714 0.4000 0.3000 0.3000 0.0000 1.0000
FEM -100.0000 100.0000 -150.0000 150.0000 0.0000 -150.0000 0.0000 150.0000
BAL 0.0000 21.4286 28.5714 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -150.0000
CO 10.7143 0.0000 0.0000 14.2857 0.0000 -75.0000 0.0000 0.0000
BAL 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 24.2857 18.2143 18.2143 0.0000 0.0000
CO 0.0000 0.0000 12.1429 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 9.1071 9.1071
BAL 0.0000 -5.2041 -6.9388 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -9.1071
CO -2.6020 0.0000 0.0000 -3.4694 0.0000 -4.5536 0.0000 0.0000
BAL 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 3.2092 2.4069 2.4069 0.0000 0.0000
CO 0.0000 0.0000 1.6046 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.2034 1.2034
BAL 0.0000 -0.6877 -0.9169 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -1.2034
CO -0.3438 0.0000 0.0000 -0.4585 0.0000 -0.6017 0.0000 0.0000
BAL 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.4241 0.3181 0.3181 0.0000 0.0000
CO 0.0000 0.0000 0.2120 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1590 0.1590
BAL 0.0000 -0.0909 -0.1212 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 -0.1590
CO -0.0454 0.0000 0.0000 -0.0606 0.0000 -0.0795 0.0000 0.0000
BAL 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0560 0.0420 0.0420 0.0000 0.0000
ΣM -92.2770 115.4459 -115.4459 188.2723 20.9813 -209.2536 10.4696 0.0000
PROBLEM 3
Given:

*Constant EI

Solution:

CASE I: Sidesway restricted

JOINT A C D B
MEMBER AC CA CD DC DB BD
k 0.5714 0.5714 0.5714 0.8000
DF 0.0000 0.5000 0.5000 0.4167 0.5833 0.0000
FEM 0.0000 0.0000 -39.1837 29.3878 0.0000 0.0000
BAL 0.0000 19.5918 19.5918 -12.2449 -17.1429 0.0000
CO 9.7959 0.0000 -6.1224 9.7959 0.0000 -8.5714
BAL 0.0000 3.0612 3.0612 -4.0816 -5.7143 0.0000
CO 1.5306 0.0000 -2.0408 1.5306 0.0000 -2.8571
BAL 0.0000 1.0204 1.0204 -0.6378 -0.8929 0.0000
CO 0.5102 0.0000 -0.3189 0.5102 0.0000 -0.4464
BAL 0.0000 0.1594 0.1594 -0.2126 -0.2976 0.0000
CO 0.0797 0.0000 -0.1063 0.0797 0.0000 -0.1488
BAL 0.0000 0.0531 0.0531 -0.0332 -0.0465 0.0000
ΣMO 11.92 23.89 -23.89 24.09 -24.09 -12.02
Solving for R:
Ax= -5.11 kN
Bx = 7.22 kN
R= 2.11 kN
CASE II: Sidesway permitted

JOINT A C D B
MEMBER AC CA CD DC DB BD
k 0.5714 0.5714 0.5714 0.8000
DF 0.0000 0.5000 0.5000 0.4167 0.5833 0.0000
FEM 100.0000 100.0000 0.0000 0.0000 196.0000 196.0000
BAL 0.0000 -50.0000 -50.0000 -81.6667 -114.3333 0.0000
CO -25.0000 0.0000 -40.8333 -25.0000 0.0000 -57.1667
BAL 0.0000 20.4167 20.4167 10.4167 14.5833 0.0000
CO 10.2083 0.0000 5.2083 10.2083 0.0000 7.2917
BAL 0.0000 -2.6042 -2.6042 -4.2535 -5.9549 0.0000
CO -1.3021 0.0000 -2.1267 -1.3021 0.0000 -2.9774
BAL 0.0000 1.0634 1.0634 0.5425 0.7595 0.0000
CO 0.5317 0.0000 0.2713 0.5317 0.0000 0.3798
BAL 0.0000 -0.1356 -0.1356 -0.2215 -0.3101 0.0000
CO -0.0678 0.0000 -0.1108 -0.0678 0.0000 -0.1551
BAL 0.0000 0.0554 0.0554 0.0283 0.0396 0.0000
ΣMR' 84.37 68.80 -68.80 -90.78 90.78 143.37
Solving for R'
Ax= -21.88 kN
Bx= -46.83 kN
R'= 68.71 kN

Final End Moments

JOINT A C D B
MEMBER AC CA CD DC DB BD
M 14.51 26.00 -26.00 21.31 -21.31 -7.62