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FACTOR METHOD
NOTATIONS:
𝐼
𝑘 = 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 =
𝐿
𝑐 = 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟
𝑔 = 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟
STEPS:
∑ 𝐾𝑐
𝑔=
∑𝐾
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒:
𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡
𝑐 = 1−𝑔
𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑐 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡.
3) To each of the factors at the end of each member, add ½ of the factor at the far end of the member:
4) Determine C and G:
𝐶 = (∑ 𝑐) 𝑘
𝐺 = (∑ 𝑔) 𝑘
1
𝐺12 = (𝑔1 + 𝑔2 )𝑘12
2
1
𝐺21 = (𝑔2 + 𝑔1 )𝑘12
2
1
𝐶13 = (𝑐1 + 𝑐3 )𝑘13
2
1
𝐶31 = (𝑐3 + 𝑐1 )𝑘13
2
𝑀𝐶 = 𝐶𝛼
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒:
∑ 𝑀𝐶 = ∑ 𝐶𝛼
∑ 𝑀𝐶
𝛼=
∑𝐶
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒: ∑ 𝑀𝐶 = (∑ 𝐹)ℎ
𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒:
(∑ 𝑭)𝒉
𝜶=
∑𝑪
𝑀𝐺 = 𝐺𝛽
𝑖𝑓 ∑ 𝑀𝐺 = 𝛽 ∑ 𝐺
∑ 𝑴𝑮
𝜷=
∑𝑮
𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡:
∑ 𝑀𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 = ∑ 𝑀𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟
𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛:
∑ 𝑴𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒏
𝜷=
∑𝑮
EXAMPLES
1. Determine the end moments of every member of the frame shown using factor method.
𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏:
Member K = I/L
CF 1.5/10 = 0.15I
FI 1.5/6 = 0.25I
BE 3/10 = 0.3I
EH 3/6 = 0.5I
CB = FE = IH 1/4 = 0.25I
BA = ED = HG 2.5/5 = 0.5I
𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓:
0.25
𝑔𝐶 = = 0.625
0.25 + 0.15
0.25
𝑔𝐹 = = 0.385
0.25 + 0.15 + 0.25
0.25
𝑔𝐼 = = 0.5
0.25 + 0.25
0.25 + 0.5
𝑔𝐵 = = 0.714
0.25 + 0.5 + 0.3
0.25 + 0.5
𝑔𝐸 = = 0.484
0.25 + 0.5 + 0.3 + 0.5
0.25 + 0.5
𝑔𝐻 = = 0.6
0.25 + 0.5 + 0.5
𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒏 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓:
𝐶𝐶 = 1 − 0.625 = 0.375
𝐶𝐹 = 1 − 0.385 = 0.615
𝐶𝐼 = 1 − 0.5 = 0.5
𝐶𝐵 = 1 − 0.714 = 0.286
𝐶𝐸 = 1 − 0.484 = 0.516
𝐶𝐻 = 1 − 0.6 = 0.4
𝐶𝐴 = 𝐶𝐷 = 𝐶𝐺 = 1.0 (𝑓𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑)
𝟐𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒚:
(∑ 𝐹)ℎ
𝛼2 =
∑ 𝐶2
45(4)
𝛼2 = = 𝟏𝟕𝟖. 𝟎𝟒𝟐 𝒌𝑵 − 𝒎
1.011
𝟏𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒚:
(45 + 90)(5)
𝛼= = 𝟐𝟏𝟒. 𝟏𝟓 𝒌𝑵 − 𝒎
3.152
𝟐𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒚:
𝟏𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒚:
𝟏 𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 = 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎
𝟐 𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 = 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂
∑ 𝑴𝑮 ∑ 𝑴𝑪
𝜷= =
∑𝑮 ∑ 𝑮𝑴
𝐴𝑡 𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝐶:
𝐴𝑡 𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝐹:
38.813
𝛽𝐹 = = 𝟏𝟒𝟕. 𝟎𝟏𝟗 𝒌𝑵 − 𝒎
0.105 + 0.159
𝐴𝑡 𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝐼:
𝐴𝑡 𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝐵:
𝐴𝑡 𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝐸:
∑ 𝑀𝐺
𝛽=
∑𝐺
36.677 + 108.788
𝛽= = 𝟐𝟐𝟓. 𝟖𝟕𝟕 𝒌𝑵 − 𝒎
0.252 + 0.392
𝐴𝑡 𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝐻: