49325 CAMD: Computer-Aided Mechanical Design (updated)

Assignment 2 Due date: 5:00PM, 17 April 2019

(Submission by UTSOnline System )

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* THIS ASSIGNMENT SHOULD TAKE AN AVERAGE STUDENT 4 HOURS TO COMPLETE.

Question 1: In Figure 2, a plane truss structure, consisting of three truss elements, is subject to a
force F=50kN and two roller supports applied at nodes No 2 and No 3, respectively. All the three
elements have the same cross-sectional areas A = 150 mm2 and Young’s Modulus E = 200 GPa.

Use the finite element method and hand calculations, determine:

(1) Nodal displacements for the truss structure within the global coordinate X-Y.
(2) Stresses within each truss element within the global coordinate X-Y.

Figure 2: Two-dimensional truss structure

Formulas: The stress for any truss element within X-Y can be calculated by
(1) Analytical method
or
(2) Finite Element Method:
E
  l m l mu , where u  is the displacements of any truss element.
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