No. of Pages :2 AP] ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ESTER M.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY-IUNE 2019 CIVIL ENGINEERING SECOND SE! STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING OICE6104 — Finite Element Method Answer any Ovo full questions from each part Limit answers to the required points. Max. Marks: 60 Duration: 3 hours PART A. 1. a, Write down the constitutive relation for a general three dimensional linearly elastic isotropic solid. @ b, Determine the nodal displacements of the truss shown in figure by direct stiffness method. AF is constant 6) 2 a, Discuss the extent to which the compatibility conditions are satisfied in a finite element solution. @ b, Determine the deflection at midspan in a cantilever beam of span 4 m and subjected to a UDL of 30 KN/m by Galerkin’s method and compare the solution with the exact solution, 6) 3. a. State the principle of stationary potential energy Q b, What does the term ‘displacement function’ represent in Finite Element Method? What are all the requirements to be satisfied with regard to the displacement function so as to arrive at a solution converging to the exact ” solution on refining the mesh?PART B Compute the strain-displacement matrix for an one-dimensional quadratic element at a point, which is at a distance of 5L/8 from the left node. Explain the concept behind isoparametric formulation Differentiate between Lagrange and Serendipity elements Derive the shape functions for an one dimensional cubic Lagrange element with a single degree of freedom per node and plot the same. Write down the basic displacement function for the displacement along X-direction that can be used for a plane cubic triangular element. Calculate the displacement at point ‘P ‘ of a 2-noded bar element with cross- sectional area 7.5 cm? and Young's modulus 2x10° N/mm’. Displacement at node 1 is 0.05 cm and that at node 2 is 0.065 cm. X- coordinate of node 7 is 380 mm, node 2 is 600 mm and that of ’ P's 500 mm. Also calculate the strain, stress, element stiffness matrix and the strain energy in the element. Find the consistent nodal load vector at the nodes of an LST element if a uniform load of intensity w/unit length is acting normal to the edge containing the nodes 2-5-3, PAR. o Explain the various storage schemes of stiffness matrix, mentioning their writs and demerits, if any. Mention the different tetrahedron family of elements with neat sketches that can be used for discretising a three dimensional solid body. Write down the basic displacement function for a 4-noded rectangular plate bending element with 3 degrees of freedom per node, Mention the situations under which static condensation is necessary and why is it needed? Determine the maximum displacement in a cantilever beam of span ‘L’ and subjected to a UDL of w/metre length by unit load method. (Hint: 6 = {)“™2*), Use Gauss quadrature technique for the evaluation of integral and comment on the result. Solve the following system of equations by a suitable numerical method. 10x1+Bx2t6xs = 116 Burt 2xat xs = 146 6x4 9xxt10 = 129 Discuss on commercially available finite element packages. (3) 6) @) a @ 6) @) (6) 6) @