PES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANGALORE – SOUTH CAMPUS

Hosur Road, (1K.M. Before Electronic City), Bangalore – 560 100

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SCHEME AND SOLUTION - IST INTERNAL TEST

Subject : Finite Element Method
Semester: VI
Sub. Code : 10ME64
Section: A
Name of the faculty : Vijay Chandan

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1 Derive the expression for stiffness matrix for a 2D truss element.
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Refer Tirupathi R Chandrupatla and Ashok Belegundu , Page105&106, Chapter 4,
topic 4.2

2 For the truss system shown below, determine the

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(a) Nodal displacements. 4

(b) Stresses in each element.

Nodal displacement Q1=-20.996mm

Stress in element 1= -705.47N/mm2

Stress in element 2=-1102.30N/mm2

(a) Explain the concept of iso-parametric elements. 2

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(b)Derive the shape function for a CST element.

Refer Tirupathi R Chandrupatla and Ashok Belegundu , Page133&134, Chapter 5,

topic 5.3

Derive strain-displacement [B] matrix for a 3-noded CST element.

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Refer Tirupathi R Chandrupatla and Ashok Belegundu , Page136,137&138, Chapter 5,
Example 5.1 &5.2

For the CST element shown in Fig. Find the

(a) Shape functions at point P.

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(b) Area of triangle and Jacobian matrix for the element.

Shape functions at point P

N1=0.3
N2=0.3
6 N3=0.4 10

Area of triangle= 15 by Jacobian Matrix

Determine the shape function using Lagrangian interpolation for linear quadrilateral element. 10
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Refer Tirupathi R Chandrupatla and Ashok Belegundu , Page208,209&210, Chapter 7,

Topic 7.2
3 (a) Explain the concept of iso-parametric elements.

(b)Derive the shape function for a CST element.

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