Scribd
Upload
16 views

Assignment 03

yyy

Uploaded by

Fake Account
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
16 views

Assignment 03

yyy

Uploaded by

Fake Account
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 6

7|Page

ME751 FINITE ELEMENT METHOD


ASSIGNMENT NO 3
DIRECT STIFFNESS METHOD: TRUSS ELEMENTS
1. The global displacement for each of the plane truss element shown in Figure P3.1 are found to be
{ } . Determine the local displacements of its end nodes. Take
and .

(a) (b)
Figure P3.1
2. The global displacement for each of the plane truss element shown in Figure P3.2 are found to be
{ } . Determine the strain and stress developed in the element. Take
and .

(a) (b)
Figure P3.2
3. The global displacement for a space truss element shown in Figure P3.3 are found to be
{ } . Determine the strain and stress developed in the
element. Take and .

FEM 2081 Assignment 3


8|Page

Figure P3.3
4. Determine the nodal deflections, reactions at supports, axial forces and stresses in each member of the
plane truss shown in Figure P3.4. Take , , and .
5. Determine the nodal deflections, reactions at supports, axial forces and stresses in each member of the
plane truss shown in Figure P3.5. Take , and .

Figure P3.4 Figure P3.5


6. Determine the nodal deflections, reactions at supports, axial forces and stresses in each member of the
plane truss shown in Figure P3.6. Take , ; ,
; and .
7. Determine the nodal deflections, reactions at supports, axial forces and stresses in each member of the
plane truss shown in Figure P3.7. Take , , .
8. Determine the nodal deflections, reactions at supports, axial forces and stresses in each member of each
of the plane truss shown in Figure P3.8. Take , ;
, ; and .
9. A plane truss restrained by a spring as shown in Figure P3.9. Determine the nodal deflections and the
support reactions. Take , for all bars; for the spring and
.

FEM 2081 Assignment 3


9|Page

Figure P3.6 Figure P3.7

Figure P3.8 Figure P3.9


10. Determine the nodal deflections, reactions at supports, axial forces and stresses in each member of the
plane truss shown in Figure P3.10. Take , , and .
11. Determine the nodal deflections, reactions at supports, axial forces and stresses in each member of the
plane truss shown in Figure P3.11. Take , ;
, and .
12. The global displacements of movable nodes of the plane truss element shown in Figure P3.12 are
found to be , , , ,
, and . Determine the reactions at supports, axial
forces and stresses in each member. Also determine the magnitudes of external forces and . Take
and for all members.
13. Node of a plane truss shown in Figure P3.13 settles vertically downward by under the
application of an external force . Determine the horizontal deflections of node . Take ,
for both members and .

FEM 2081 Assignment 3


10 | P a g e

Figure P3.10 Figure P3.11

Figure P3.12 Figure P3.13


14. Determine the nodal deflections, reactions at supports, axial forces and stresses in each member of each
of the space truss shown in Figure P3.14. Take , ;
, and .

Figure P3.14

FEM 2081 Assignment 3


11 | P a g e

Programming Exercise
15. Write a program to solve a plane truss problem shown in Figure P3.15 by finite element method. Take
the following inputs:
(a) area and modulus of elasticity of each element,
(b) angle , and
(c) the magnitude of an external load .
Produce the following output:
(a) the displacement of each movable node,
(b) the reaction forces at each fixed node,
(c) the forces in each element,
(d) the strain in each element, and
(e) the stress in each element.
16. Write a program to solve a problem of a plane truss restrained by a spring shown in Figure P3.16 by
finite element method. Take the following inputs:
(a) area and modulus of elasticity of each element,
(b) stiffness ( ) of the spring, and
(c) the magnitudes of external loads and .
Produce the following output:
(a) the displacement of each movable node,
(b) the reaction forces at each fixed node,
(c) the forces in each element,
(d) the strain in each bar element, and
(e) the stress in each bar element.

Figure P3.15 Figure P3.16


17. Write a program to solve the plane truss problem shown in Figure P3.17 by finite element method.
Take the following inputs:
(a) area and modulus of elasticity of each element,
(b) the magnitudes of external loads and .
Produce the following output:
(a) the displacement of each movable node,
(b) the reaction forces at each fixed node,
FEM 2081 Assignment 3
12 | P a g e

(c) the forces in each element,


(d) the strain in each element, and
(e) the stress in each element.
18. Write a program to solve a space truss problem shown in Figure P3.18 by finite element method. Take
the following inputs:
(a) area and modulus of elasticity of each element,
(b) the magnitudes of external loads , and .
Produce the following output:
(a) the displacement of each movable node,
(b) the reaction forces at each fixed node,
(c) the forces in each element,
(d) the strain in each element, and
(e) the stress in each element.

Figure P3.17 Figure P3.18

FEM 2081 Assignment 3

You might also like