CIV 503

FINITE ELEMENT
ANALYSIS

Lecture 5-6_

INSTRUCTOR

DR ZUBAIR SYED, MIE Aust.

EMAIL: ZUBAIR.SYED@ADU.AC.AE
 Chapter 4

Trusses, Beams and Frames

FE Formulation
2D Truss Elements
Features of Truss Element
Mechanics of a truss elements
Truss element Shape function
Local vs Global Coordinates
C is same as ls and S is same as ms of some previous lectures
Processing for the other elements similarly we get the following matrix:
Example: Space truss
Beam Elements
Practice Problem