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ANALYSIS OF BEAMS BY
STIFFNESS METHOD

General Stiffness Matrix

Free body diagram

General Stiffness Matrix

8 = EI/8 (4D1 + 2D2 +0)

(I)

0 = EI/8 (2D1 + 8D2 +2D3)

(2)

+ 2D2 +4D3)

(2)

-8 = EI/8 (0

By solving the equations

D1 = 16/EI
D2 = 0
D3 = -16/EI

Q1 = 25.5 k
Q2 = 21 k
Q3 = 25.5 k

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