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Fundamentals of Finite Element


Analysis
5-Bar Element

Dr. Ahmet Zafer enalp


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5-Bar Element

Bar Element

Bar (truss) structures:

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5-Bar Element

Bar Element
Consider a uniform prismatic bar:

FE Model

L: length
A: cross-sectional area
E: elastic modulus
u=u(x): displacement
=(x): strain
=(x): stress
Strain-displacement relation:
Stress-strain relation:
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Stiffness Matrix - Direct Method

5-Bar Element

Assuming that the displacement u is varying linearly along the axis of


the bar, i.e.,

: elongation, F: force in bar


k: stiffness of the bar

The bar is acting like a spring in this case and we conclude that
element stiffness matrix is:

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Stiffness Matrix - A Formal Approach

5-Bar Element

We derive the same stiffness matrix for the bar using a formal
approach which can be applied to many other more complicated
situations:
Define two linear shape functions as follows:

B: Element strain-displacement matrix

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Stiffness Matrix - A Formal Approach

5-Bar Element

Stress can be written as:


Consider the strain energy stored in the bar:

The work done by the two nodal forces is:

For conservative system, we state that:


which gives:
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Stiffness Matrix - A Formal Approach

5-Bar Element

k is the element stiffness matrix. The above expression is a general


result which can be used for the construction of other types of
elements. This expression can also be derived using other more
rigorous approaches, such as the Principle of Minimum Potential
Energy, or the Galerkins Method.
Now, we evaluate for the bar element

which is the same as we derived using the direct method.


Strain energy in the element can be written as:
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Degree of Freedom (dof)

5-Bar Element

Number of components of the displacement vector at a node.


For 1-D bar element: one dof at each node.
Physical Meaning of the Coefficients in k:
The jth column of k (here j = 1 or 2) represents the forces
applied to the bar to maintain a deformed shape with unit
displacement at node j and zero displacement at the other node.

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5-Bar Element

Example 1

FE Model
1

Find;
(a) the global stiffness matrix
(b) displacements of nodes
(c) the reaction forces
(d) stresses at the elements
Solution :
Connectivity table:

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5-Bar Element

Example 1

Boundary conditions :
Displacement boundary conditions
u1 0,:u 2 0, u 3 0

F1 :0, F2 P, F3 0
Force boundary conditions

a) Element Stiffness Matrices :

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5-Bar Element

Example 1

Construction of global stiffness matrix :

Equilibrium (FE)
equation for
the whole system is;
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5-Bar Element

Example 1

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0 F1 0, F2 P, F3 0
b) Applying boundary conditions;

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5-Bar Element

Example 1

For the data given;


P 5x10 4 N, E 2x10 4 N / mm 2
A 200 mm 2 , L 125 mm

0
u1

u 2 0.5208 mm
u
0
3
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5-Bar Element

Example 1

c) From the 1st and 3rd row of the finite element equation, the reaction
forces can be calculated as;
F1 -33333.3 N
F2 -16666.7 N

d) Stresses in the elements:

1 83.33 MPa
2 83.33 MPa
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5-Bar Element

Notes

In this case, the calculated stresses in elements 1 and 2 are exact


within the linear theory for 1-D bar structures. It will not help if we
further divide element 1 or 2 into
smaller finite elements.
For tapered bars, averaged values of the cross-sectional areas
should be used for the elements.
We need to find the displacements first in order to find the stresses,
since we are using the displacement based FEM.

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Solution procedure with matlab

5-Bar Element

As linear bar element has 2 degrees of freedom (1 at each


node) for a structure with n nodes, the global stiffness matrix K
will be of size nxn.
The global stiffness matrix K is obtained by making calls to the
Matlab function LinearBarAssemble which is written for this
purpose.
Once the global stiffness matrix; K is obtained we have the
following
equation;
K U structure
F

At this step boundary conditions are applied manually to the


vectors U and F.
Then the matrix equation is solved by partioning and Gaussion
elimination.
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found, the force is obtained for each element as follows:

Solution procedure with matlab

5-Bar Element

f k u
where f is the 2x1 element force vector and u is the 2x1
element displacement vector.
The element stress is obtained by using local stiffness matrix
and local displacement vector.

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Matlab functions used

5-Bar Element

LinearBarElementStiffness(E,A,L)
This function returns the element stiffness matrix for a linear bar
with modulus of elasticity E, cross-sectional area A, and length L.
The size of the element stiffness matrix is 2 x 2.
Function contents:
function y = LinearBarElementStiffness(E,A,L)
%LinearBarElementStiffness
This function returns the element
%
stiffness matrix for a linear bar with
%
modulus of elasticity E, cross-sectional
%
area A, and length L. The size of the
%
element stiffness matrix is 2 x 2.
y = [E*A/L -E*A/L ; -E*A/L E*A/L];

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Matlab functions used

5-Bar Element

LinearBarAssemble(K,k,i,j)
This function assembles the element stiffness matrix k of the linear
bar with nodes i and j into the global stiffness matrix K. This
function returns the global stiffness
matrix K after the
element stiffness matrix k is assembled.
Function contents:
function y = LinearBarAssemble(K,k,i,j)
%LinearBarAssemble
This function assembles the element stiffness
%
matrix k of the linear bar with nodes i and j
%
into the global stiffness matrix K.
%
This function returns the global stiffness
%
matrix K after the element stiffness matrix
%
k is assembled.
K(i,i) = K(i,i) + k(1,1);
K(i,j) = K(i,j) + k(1,2);
K(j,i) = K(j,i) + k(2,1);
K(j,j) = K(j,j) + k(2,2);
y = K;

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Matlab functions used

5-Bar Element

LinearBarElementForces(k,u)
This function returns the element nodal force vector given the
element stiffness
matrix k and the element nodal displacement vector u.
Function contents:
function y = LinearBarElementForces(k,u)
%LinearBarElementForces
This function returns the element nodal
%
force vector given the element stiffness
%
matrix k and the element nodal displacement
%
vector u.
y = k * u;

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Matlab functions used

5-Bar Element

LinearBarElementStressess_az(k, u, L, E)
This function returns the element nodal stress vector given the
element stiffness
matrix k, the element nodal
displacement vector u, the length of the element and E
Function contents:
function y = LinearBarElementStresses_az(k, u, L, E)
%LinearBarElementStresses
This function returns the element nodal
%
stress vector given the element stiffness
%
matrix k, the element nodal displacement
%
vector u, the length of the element and E
L_m=[-1/L 1/L];
y = E*L_m*u;

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5-Bar Element

Solution of Example 1
with Matlab

Solution:
Use the 7 steps to solve the problem using linear bar element.
Step 1-Discretizing the domain:
This problem is already discretized. The domain is subdivided into
2 elements and 3 nodes.
The units used in Matlab calculations are N and milimeter. The
element connectivity is:

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Solution of Example 1
with Matlab

5-Bar Element

P 5x10 4 N, E 2x10 4 N / mm 2
A 200 mm 2 , L 125 mm

Step 2-Copying relevant files and starting Matlab


Create a directory
Copy
LinearBarElementStiffness.m
LinearBarAssemble.m
LinearBarElementForces.m
LinearBarElementStresses_az.m
files under the created directory
Open Matlab;
Open Set Path command and by using Add Folder command add the
current directory.
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Solution of Example 1
with Matlab

5-Bar Element

P 5x10 4 N, E 2x10 4 N / mm 2
A 200 mm 2 , L 125 mm

Start solving the problem in Command Window:


>>clearvars
>>clc
Enter the data
>>E=2e4
>>A(1)=400
>>A(2)=200
>>L=125
Step 3-Writing the element stiffness matrices:
>>k1=LinearBarElementStiffness(E,A(1),L)
k1 =
64000
-64000

-64000
64000

>>k2=LinearBarElementStiffness(E,A(2),L)
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Solution of Example 1
with Matlab

5-Bar Element

P 5x10 4 N, E 2x10 4 N / mm 2
A 200 mm 2 , L 125 mm

>>k2=LinearBarElementStiffness(E,A(2),L)
k2 =
32000
-32000

-32000
32000

Step 4-Assembling the global stiffness matrix:


Since the structure has 3 nodes, the size of the global stiffness matrix is
3x3.
Therefore to obtain K we first set up a zero matrix of size 3x3 then make
2 calls to the Matlab function LinearBarAssemble since we have 2 bar
elements in the system.
Each call to the function will assemble one element. The following are
the Matlab commands:
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5-Bar Element

Solution of Example 1
with Matlab
P 5x10 4 N, E 2x10 4 N / mm 2
A 200 mm 2 , L 125 mm

>>K=zeros(3,3)
K=
0
0
0

0
0
0

0
0
0

>>K=LinearBarAssemble(K,k1,1,2)
K=
64000
-64000
0

-64000
64000
0
0

0
0

>>K=LinearBarAssemble(K,k2,2,3)
K=
64000
-64000
0
-64000
96000
-32000
0
-32000
32000

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5-Bar Element

Solution of Example 1
with Matlab
P 5x10 4 N, E 2x10 4 N / mm 2
A 200 mm 2 , L 125 mm

Step 5-Applying the boundary conditions:


Finite element equation for the problem is;
0
64000 - 64000
- 64000 96000 - 32000

0
- 32000 32000

u1
F1


u 2 F2
u
F
3
3

The boundary conditions for the problem are;

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0

F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

Inserting the above conditions into finite element equation


0
64000 - 64000
- 64000 96000 - 32000

0
- 32000 32000
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F1

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5-Bar Element

Solution of Example 1
with Matlab

Step 6-Solving the equations:


Solving the above system of equations will be performed by
partitioning (manually) and Gaussian elimination (with Matlab) First
we partition the above equation;
0
64000 - 64000
- 64000 96000 - 32000

0
- 32000 32000

0
F1

u 2 50000
0
F
3

96000u 2 50000

>>u2=50000/96
000
u 0.5208
2

Step 7-Post-processing:
In this step we obtain the reactions at nodes 1 and 3 and the
stresses at each element using Matlab as follows.
First we set up the global nodal displacement vector U, then we
calculate the nodal force vector F.
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Solution of Example 1
with Matlab

5-Bar Element

>>U=[0; u2; 0]
U=
0
0.5208
0
>>F=K*U
F=
1.0e+04 *
-3.3333
5.0000
-1.6667
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Solution of Example 1
with Matlab

5-Bar Element

P 5x10 4 N, E 2x10 4 N / mm 2
A 200 mm 2 , L 125 mm

>>u_el_1=[U(1); U(2)]
>>u_el_2=[U(2); U(3)]
>>stress1=LinearBarElementStresses_az(k1, u_el_1, L, E)
>>stress2=LinearBarElementStresses_az(k2, u_el_2, L, E)
stress1 =
83.3333
:element stresses
stress2 =
-83.3333
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Solution of Example 2
with Matlab
P 10 kN, E 210 GPa
A 0.003 m 2
node 3 is displayed to the right

5-Bar Element

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

by 0.002 m

Create a directory
Copy
LinearBarElementStiffness.m
LinearBarAssemble.m
LinearBarElementForces.m
LinearBarElementStresses_az.m
files under the created directory
Open Matlab;
Open Set Path command and by using Add Folder command add the
current directory.
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Solution of Example 2
with Matlab
P 10 kN, E 210 GPa
A 0.003 m 2
node 3 is displayed to the right

5-Bar Element

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

by 0.002 m

Start solving the problem in Command Window:


>>clearvars
>>clc
Enter the data
>>E=210e6
>>A=0.003
>>L1=1.5
>>L2=1
Calculate stiffness matrices
>>k1=LinearBarElementStiffness(E,A,L1)
>>k2=LinearBarElementStiffness(E,A,L2)
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Solution of Example 2
with Matlab
P 10 kN, E 210 GPa
A 0.003 m 2
node 3 is displayed to the right

5-Bar Element

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

by 0.002 m

Assemble the global stiffness matrix;


>>K=zeros(3,3)
>>K=LinearBarAssemble(K,k1,1,2)
>>K=LinearBarAssemble(K,k2,2,3)
K is calculated as:
K=
420000
-420000
0
-420000
1050000
-630000
0
-630000
630000

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Solution of Example 2
with Matlab
P 10 kN, E 210 GPa

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002

A 0.003 m 2
node 3 is displayed to the right

F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

by 0.002 m

FE Equation is:
0
420000 - 420000

- 420000 1050000 - 630000

0
- 630000 630000

u1
F1

u2 F2
u
F
3
3

Apply BCs:u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002


0
420000 - 420000

- 420000 1050000 - 630000

0
- 630000 630000
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F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

0
F1

u2 10
0.002
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Solution of Example 2
with Matlab
P 10 kN, E 210 GPa
A 0.003 m 2
node 3 is displayed to the right

5-Bar Element

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

by 0.002 m

Solving the above system of equations will be performed by partitioning


(manually) and Gaussian elimination (with Matlab).
First we partition the above equation by extracting the submatrix in row
2 and column 2 which turns to be a 1x1 matrix.
Because of the applied displacement of 0.002 m at node 3, we need to
extract the submatrix in row 2 and column 3 which also turns out to be
a 1x1 matrix.
Therefore we obtain;

1050000 u 2 630000 0.002 10

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Solution of Example 2
with Matlab
P 10 kN, E 210 GPa
A 0.003 m 2
node 3 is displayed to the right

5-Bar Element

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

by 0.002 m

The solution of the above system is obtained using Matlab as follows.


Note that the backslash operator \ is used for Gaussian elimination.
>>k=K(2,2)
>>k0=K(2,3)
>>u0=0.002
>>f=[-10]
>>f0=f-k0*u0
>>u=k\f0
result is;
u=
0.0012
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Solution of Example 2
with Matlab
P 10 kN, E 210 GPa
A 0.003 m 2
node 3 is displayed to the right

5-Bar Element

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

by 0.002 m

In this step, we obtain the reactions at nodes 1 and 3, and the stress in
each bar using Matlab as follows.
First we set up the global displacement vector; U, then we calculate the
golbal force vector F.
>>U=[0; u; u0]
>>F=K*U
results;
F=
-500.0000
-10.0000
510.0000
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Solution of Example 2
with Matlab
P 10 kN, E 210 GPa
A 0.003 m 2
node 3 is displayed to the right

5-Bar Element

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

by 0.002 m

Next step is to set up element nodal displacement vectors u 1 and u2.


Then we calculate the element force vectors f 1 and f2 by making calls to
the Matlab function LinearBarElementForces.
>>u1=[0; U(2)]
>>f1=LinearBarElementForces(k1,u1)
result is;
f1 =
-500.0000
500.0000

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Solution of Example 2
with Matlab
P 10 kN, E 210 GPa
A 0.003 m 2
node 3 is displayed to the right

5-Bar Element

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

by 0.002 m

>>u2=[U(2); U(3)]
>>f2=LinearBarElementForces(k2,u2)
result is;
f2 =
-510.0000
510.0000
Finally, we call LinearBarElementStresses_az to calculate stresses.
>>sigma1=LinearBarElementStresses_az(k1, u1, L1, E)
results;
sigma1 =
1.6667e+05
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Solution of Example 2
with Matlab
P 10 kN, E 210 GPa
A 0.003 m 2
node 3 is displayed to the right

5-Bar Element

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3 0.002
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

by 0.002 m

>>sigma2=LinearBarElementStresses_az(k2, u2, L2, E)


results;
sigma2 =
1.7000e+05

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5-Bar Element

Example 3

Given;

Find;
The support reaction forces at the two ends of the bar
Solution :
Connectivity table:

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5-Bar Element

Example 3

We first check to see if or not the contact of the bar with the wall on
the right will occur. To do this, we imagine the wall on the right is
removed and calculate the displacement at the right end,

contact occurs
BCs; u1 0, u 2 0, u 3

F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

The global FE equation is found to be,

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Example 3

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3
Applying boundary conditions;

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Example: 3

Reaction forces:

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Solution of Example 3
with Matlab

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N1

N
2

contact occurs
BCs;
u1 0, u 2 0, u 3

F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

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Solution of Example 3
with Matlab

5-Bar Element
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N1

N
2

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0
Create a directory
Copy
LinearBarElementStiffness.m
LinearBarAssemble.m
LinearBarElementForces.m
LinearBarElementStresses_az.m
files under the created directory
Open Matlab;
Open Set Path command and by using Add Folder
command add the current directory.

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Solution of Example 3
with Matlab

5-Bar Element
E
#

N1

N
2

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0
Start solving the problem in Command Window:
>>clearvars
>>clc
Enter the data
>>P=6e4
>>E=2e4
>>A=250
>>L=150
>>DELTA=1.2
Calculate stiffness matrices
>>k1=LinearBarElementStiffness(E,A,L)
>>k2=LinearBarElementStiffness(E,A,L)
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Solution of Example 3
with Matlab

5-Bar Element
E
#

N1

N
2

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3
Assemble the global stiffness matrix;
>>K=zeros(3,3)
>>K=LinearBarAssemble(K,k1,1,2)
>>K=LinearBarAssemble(K,k2,2,3)
K is calculated as:

F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

K=
1.0e+04 *
3.3333 -3.3333
0
-3.3333 6.6667 -3.3333
0 -3.3333 3.3333
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5-Bar Element

Solution of Example 3
with Matlab

E
#

N1

N
2

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0
FE Equation is:
0
33333 - 33333
- 33333 66667 - 33333

0
- 33333 33333

u1
F1


u 2 F2
u
F
3
3

Apply BCs:u1 0, u 2 0, u 3
0
33333 - 33333
- 33333 66667 - 33333

0
- 33333 33333

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F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

0
F1

u 2 60000
1 .2
F
3

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Solution of Example 3
with Matlab

5-Bar Element
E
#

N1

N
2

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

66667 u 2 333331.2 60000


>>k=K(2,2)
>>k0=K(2,3)
>>u0=1.2
>>f=[60000]
>>f0=f-k0*u0
>>u=k\f0
result is;
u=
1.5000
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Solution of Example 3
with Matlab

5-Bar Element
E
#

N1

N
2

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3
F1 0, F2 P, F3 0
>>U=[0; u; u0]
>>F=K*U
results;
F=
-50000
60000
-10000

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Solution of Example 3
with Matlab

5-Bar Element
E
#

N1

N
2

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3
>>u1=[0; U(2)]
>>f1=LinearBarElementForces(k1,u1
)
results;
f1 =

F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

-50000
50000
>>u2=[U(2); U(3)]
>>f2=LinearBarElementForces(k2,u2
)
results;
f2 =
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Solution of Example 3
with Matlab

5-Bar Element
E
#

N1

N
2

u1 0, u 2 0, u 3
>>sigma1=LinearBarElementStresses_az(
k1, u1, L, E)
results;
sigma1 =

F1 0, F2 P, F3 0

200
>>sigma2=LinearBarElementStresses_az(
k2, u2, L, E)
results;
sigma2 =
-40
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5-Bar Element

Distributed Load

Uniformly distributed axial load q (N/mm, N/m, lb/in) can be converted


to two equivalent nodal forces of magnitude qL/2.
We verify this by considering the work done by the load q,

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Mechanical Engineering Department, GTU

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5-Bar Element

Distributed Load

Thus, from the U=W concept for the element, we have:

The new nodal force vector is:

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5-Bar Element

Distributed Load

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Mechanical Engineering Department, GTU

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