EV302 - Structural Analysis

STIFFNESS METHOD: TRUSS ANALYSIS

Example 1 (Formation of Stiffness Matrix)
Determine the structure stiffness matrix for the truss structure illustrated below. AE for all
the truss members are constant.

4m

3m
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 EV302 - Structural Analysis
STIFFNESS METHOD: TRUSS ANALYSIS
Example 1 (Formation of Stiffness Matrix)
2 For member 1 :

1 𝑥1 − 𝑥3 3−0
𝑥1 = = = 0.6
32 + 42 5
1
𝑦1 − 𝑦3 4−0
𝑦1 = = = 0.8
1 32 + 42 5

For member 2 :
3 2 𝑥2 − 𝑥3 3 − 0
𝑥2 = = =1
6 3 3
4
2 𝑦2 − 𝑦3 0 − 0
5 3 𝑦2 = = =0
3 5

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 EV302 - Structural Analysis
STIFFNESS METHOD: TRUSS ANALYSIS
Example 1 (Formation of Stiffness Matrix)
Member stiffness matrices are:

0.36 0.48 −0.36 −0.48 0.072 0.128 −0.072 −0.096

𝐴𝐸 0.48 0.64 −0.48 −0.64 = 𝐴𝐸 0.096 0.096 −0.096 −0.128
𝑘1 =
5 −0.36 −0.48 0.36 0.48 −0.072 −0.128 0.072 0.096
−0.48 −0.64 0.48 0.64 −0.096 −0.64 0.096 0.128

1 0 −1 0 0.333 0 −0.333 0
𝐴𝐸 0 0 0 0 = 𝐴𝐸 0 0 0 0
𝑘2 =
3 −1 0 1 0 −0.333 0 0.333 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 EV302 - Structural Analysis
STIFFNESS METHOD: TRUSS ANALYSIS
Example 1 (Formation of Stiffness Matrix)
Assembling the structure stiffness matrix will then give:

0.072 0.096 0 0 −0.072 −0.096

0.096 0.128 0 0 −0.096 −0.128
0 0 0.333 0 −0.333 0
𝐾 = 𝐴𝐸 0 0
0 0 0 0
−0.072 −0.096 −0.333 0 (0.072 + 0.333) (0.096 + 0)
−0.096 −0.128 0 0 (0.096 + 0) (0.128 + 0)

0.072 0.096 0 0 −0.072 −0.096

0.096 0.128 0 0 −0.096 −0.128
𝐾 = 𝐴𝐸 0 0 0.333 0 −0.333 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
−0.072 −0.096 −0.333 0 0.405 0.096
−0.096 −0.128 0 0 .096) 0.128