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5.5 APPLICATION OF PLANE FRAME ELEMENTS ‘The method of assemblage and procedure of elements are introduced with the aid of illust ee een ‘examples. Frame Example 1 Inextensible sai SSec.55 Application of Mane rrame crime Figure S21, Inextesibl square frame. to find the defecsion shape, the sbeasing foree diagram, and the beading moment tame is a structure of double symmetry, only a quadrant sa b-2 and 2-3, are used. The reason that we assume inate the axial degrees of freedom so that we ‘Semonstrating the necessary procedure. The present ‘by no means to be limited by such umptin. conditions for the two-clement model shown in Fig. 5.21 are eye ejzneu= 80 duetosymmetry and no due to small deflection 20 ue to inextensibilty ‘as urea, we have only to formlate « ot of tee eiincas cqualons Wits of arrears tc owo elcanent inne ecquaons domed Ea Ea (3-12): The diese Sines and cosines are y=0 and p= forelement 1-2 het and = 0 forclement2-3 ‘Thus we have 180 ‘Beam and Plane Frame Elements Chap. 5 The solution is “ ® ) A b < .{7aai| 2 secon} 0 {=z} 6 sa | uJ and slopes into the elements » 6 The internal shearing fr ‘nodal displaceme For element 1-2, we have 2 6 p ss a £ s| |-f th ° ° o| jo 6 3PL aie; 2 3PL fe (ees (PS ie a See ata 6 |aser)) (7) 2 é cP r| 2 v ° ° o| jo 6 a For element 2, we have x ° ° o)} fo ‘ 2 6 12 o| Jo % z B 6 at| fle Blea ete L (23) ! . oc Et |eseameess oo ° wei) )0{~) 0 ‘ 2 ae u| jo e L c 6 a ats: oleae M, 2 eT “ not needed “The deflection curve, the shearing force, and the bending moment diagrams are shown, Sec.55 Application of Plane Frame Elements 181 shear Figere $22. Deflection shape, By using the method of partitioning and substitution as described in Eqs. (549) *. (hea: Sigh 182 ‘Beam and Plane Frame Elements Chap.5 ‘The solution is ES, 2EA PL SPL’ 2EA” a8Er (3) ae ) sai oJ > ~aserlsz} those obtained inthe inextensible ease (Eq. 1, # 0, the magnitudes of the displacements u, and u, are both increased by an amount of PL/2EA ‘When the new values for the displacements and rotations are substituted into the two element stifiness equations, respectively, we find P P ol 2 % or niles [he x] | o 3PL PL AL ie ales EAR pes mo x 2 x 2 Y o Ys 0 PL mL M; Ss My = Compared with those of ~P/2 and P/2, respect thus properly included. inextensible case, Xs an fead of zero. The axial fo ow possess values this problem are the same length L, axi find the deflection shape and the shear force and bending moment diagrams by using three frame elements ‘$00.55 Application of Plane Frame Elements 1 Figure $23. Ansisyrmetrical Z. frame. , “The fixed conditions at points 1 and 4 provided that w=) = 0,2 m= 2 =O ‘We have a set of six stiffness equations 154 Beam and Plane Frame chap. 5 can be disregarded three members carry only bending moments and shear forees, no axial hown in Fig. 5.24. The forces and moments for element iness matrix by the six nodal degrees of freedom. xi ° the shear forces and bending moments for element the shear and moment diagrams for the whole frame as shown 1d to truss bars Jes bars whose Sec. 55 185 Bc = Figure $24 Detection shape, shear diagram, and moment diagram for the frame in Fig. 523 ‘ends are connected to the frame by hinges, The square frame has constant bending “EL For simplicity of solution, all truss bars are assumed to have the same Tigidity with EA = 12V3EI/ L*. The frame is loaded by a pair of parting forces P. Letit be required to find the deflection shape and the shear force and bending moment.

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