CIVL 7970-FALL 2019

FINITE ELEMENT
METHODS II
ASSIGNMENT #5

Pablo Esteban Hurtado Ojeda

peh0023@auburn.edu
09-09-2019
1 COLUMN BUCKLING
1.1 By hand

 Stiffness Matrix
 12 E I1 6 E I1 12 E I
1
6 E I
1 
    0 0 
 L 3 L13 L13 L13 
 1   6 
1

6

1
0 0 
 6 E I1 4 E I1 6 E I
1
2 E I
1
  ( 5 L ) 10  L 5 L 10 L 
 0 
1 1 1 1
  1 
0

 
 L 3
1   L
1
3
 L
1
3
 L
1
3
  10 L 15 L
2 1
10 L

1
30 L
0 0 

 12 E I 6 E I 12 E I 12 E I 6 E I 6 E I 12 E I 6 E I 
1 1 1 1
 1 1 1

2 1

2

2

2
  6 1 6 6 1 1 6 1

 L       
 1
3
 1  1  2  1  2  2  2   1
L
3
L
3
L
3
L
3
L
3
L
3
L
3  5  L 10 L
1  2
5 L 5 L
1
10 L
1
10 L
2
5  L
2
10 L 
2
 
 6 E I1 2 E I1 6 E I1 6 E I2 4 E I1 4 E I2 6 E I2 2 E I2   1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1

     10 L  30 L 10 L  10 L 15 L  15 L 10 L 
3  
30 L 
 L 3 L 3  1  2  1  2  2  2   1
L
3
L
3
L
3
L
3
L
3
L
1 1 2 1 2 2 2

 1 1
  0 
6 1 6 1 
12 E I 6 E I 12 E I 6 E I  0
 0 2 2 2 2
  5 L 10 L 5 L 10 L 
 2 2 2 2
0
 

  2
L
3
 2
L
3
 2  2   0
L
3
L
3 
0 
1

1 1 2 
 10 L 30 L 10 L 15 L 
 6 E I
2
2 E I
2
6 E I
2
4 E I  
2
2 2 2 2 
 0 0  

 L23 L23 L23 L23 
 Boundary Conditions
1   2   5  0 Displacements at both ends and rotation at fixed end.

 Simplified Matrix
 12 E I1 6 6
12 E I
2 1 1
6 E I
1
6 E I
2 1 2
6 E I
        
 L
  1 L2 L1 L2 L2 
 L 3 5 L 5 3 10 L 10 L 3 3 10 L 3
1 2 2 1 2

 1 1
6 E I
1
6 E I
2
4 E I
1 2 2
4 E I
2 1
2 E I 
2
        


10  L
2
10  L
1 L1 3
L2 3
L1 3 15 L
2
15 L
1 L2 3 30 L
2 L2 3

 1
6 E I
2 1
2 E I
2
4 E I
2 2

    


10  L
2 L2 3 30 L
2 L2 3
L2 3 15 L 
2

  Eigenvalues
 1.024 104 434.026 2.344 103 
 
K   3 
 434.026 3.414 10 781.247 
 2.344 103 781.247 1.562 103 
 
 10839.81071

eigenvals ( K)   694.44972
 
 3681.73958
1.2 By ANSYS
  Displacement due to buckling

Results are quite similar with both methods.

694 and 692.