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Lecture No. 3
Space Trusses
Dr. Mohamed A Azim Nour
Example 3: Plane Truss Structure
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1,2
4 0,0
Z
1 3
2 X
0,0 3,0
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Load Vector
?
Kg ?
Plane Trusses
?, ?
x P= d
z
?, ?
z
?, ? ?, 0
x
0, 0 2
z
1 3 ?, 0
P = d 0, 0
P = Kg d x
? k ?
0, 0 ?, 0
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Load Vector
Kg ?
Plane Trusses
?, ?
x P= d
z
?, ?
z
?, 0
x
0, 0
P = d
? k ?
0, 0 ?, 0
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Load Vector
Plane Trusses Kg ?
?, ?
x P= d
z
?, ?
z
?, 0
x
0, 0
P = d
? k ?
0, 0 ?, 0
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Example
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Example
1,2
4
5,6
1
3 7
5
2 6 0,0
0,0 3,4
Members = 7
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Example
1,2 4 0,2
4
1
Members = 4
3
Degrees of Freedom = 3
2 0,3
0,0
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Example
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Example
1 2 0 2
1
2
1 2 3
1
3
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Example
1 2 0 2
1
0
1 2 3
2
1
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Example
1 2 0 2
1
2
1 2 3
1
3
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Plane Truss Structures
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Solution Procedure
1 Coding DOF
2 VCT
3 Element Stiffness Matrix (Ki)
4 Global Stiffness Matrix (Kg)
5 Load Vector (P)
6 Displacement Vector d (P=Kg d)
7 Forces at Members Pi (Pi=Ki di)
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Matrix Format
Fi i E,A,L j Fj
ui uj
+ve X-direction
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Matrix Format Fzj
uj , vj , wj j Fxj
Fyj
E,A,L
Fxi i
ui , vi , wi
Fzi
Z
Fyi
Six degrees of freedom system
X ui , vi , wi , uj , vj , wj
Y
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A Space Truss Stiffness Matrix
E,A,L
Fi
One unit
E,A,L
EA/L EA/L
+ve X-direction
EA/L
-EA/L
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A Space Truss Stiffness Matrix
E,A,L
Fj
One unit
+ve X-direction
- EA/L
EA/L
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A Space Truss Stiffness Matrix
EA/L - EA/L 1 -1
k= = EA/L
- EA/L EA/L -1 1
Fi EA 1 1 ui
and
F j L 1 1 u j
or P=k d
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A Space Truss Stiffness Matrix
~ EA / L EA / L EA 1 1
k 1 1
EA / L EA / L L
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A Space Truss Stiffness Matrix
~ ~
i
F EA 1 1 ui
and ~ 1 1 u~
j
F L j
~ ~~
or P kd
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Global/Local Coordinate System
~
~ X ~
Z, w Z Z
~
X
Local
~
Y ~
~ ~ X
Y Z
~
Y
X, u
Y, v
Global
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Global/Local Coordinate System
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A Space Truss Stiffness Matrix
The transformation matrix
l m n 0 0 0
T
0 0 0 l m n
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Example 4: Space Truss Structure
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Example 4: Space Truss Structure
l2 lm ln l 2 lm ln
lm m 2
mn lm m 2
mn
EA ln mn n 2
ln mn n 2
k
L l 2 lm ln l2 lm ln
lm m 2 mn lm m2 mn
ln mn n n
2 2
ln mn
l m n 0 0 0
T
0 0 0 l m n
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5-
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