HOMEWORK 6

MARJADI HANDIKAJATI KUSUMA (2173528)

1. For the plane truss structure shown in figure below, determine the displacement of node 2 using the
stiffness method. Also determine the stress in element 1. Let A = 5 in2, E = 1 x 106 psi, and L = 100 in

• Direction of x’ of element 1 is from node 1 to node 2 while for element 2 is from node 3 to node 2 is
determined, thus for element 1, (1) = 45O and for element 2 (2) = -45O. Thus,
Element  C=cos(e) S= sin(e) C2= cos2(e) S2= sin2(e) CS= cos(e)
sin(e)
o
1 45 √2⁄2 √2⁄2 ½ ½ ½
o
2 135 − √2⁄2 √2⁄2 ½ ½ -1/2

• For each element, determine the global stiffness matrix by equation

𝐶2 𝐶𝑆 −𝐶 2 −𝐶𝑆
𝐴𝐸 𝐶𝑆 2
−𝐶𝑆 −𝑆 2 ]
[𝑘] = [ 2 𝑆
𝐿 −𝐶 −𝐶𝑆 𝐶 2 𝐶𝑆
2
−𝐶𝑆 −𝑆 𝐶𝑆 𝑆2
and substituting values from the table, we get the global stiffness matrices of each element
𝑢1 𝑣1 𝑢2 𝑣2 𝑢1 𝑣1 𝑢2 𝑣2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
− − − −
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(5 𝑖𝑛 )(10 𝑝𝑠𝑖) − − − −
[𝑘](1) = 2 2 2 2 = 5 ∙ 10 4
𝑙𝑏/𝑖𝑛 2 2 2 2
100 𝑖𝑛 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
− − − −
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
[− 2 − 2 2 2 ] [−
2
−
2 2 2 ]

𝑢3 𝑣3 𝑢2 𝑣2 𝑢3 𝑣3 𝑢2 𝑣2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
− − − −
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(5 𝑖𝑛2 )(106 𝑝𝑠𝑖) − − − −
[𝑘](2) = 2 2 2 2 = 5 ∙ 104 𝑙𝑏/𝑖𝑛 2 2 2 2
100 𝑖𝑛 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
− − − −
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
[ 2 − − − −
2 2 2 ] [ 2 2 2 2 ]
 • Calculating the total stiffness matrix
𝑢1 𝑣1 𝑢2 𝑣2 𝑢3 𝑣3
1/2 1/2 −1/2 −1/2 0 0
1/2 1/2 −1/2 −1/2 0 0
4
[𝐾] = 5 ∙ 10 𝑙𝑏/𝑖𝑛 −1/2 −1/2 1 0 −1/2 1/2
−1/2 −1/2 0 1 1/2 −1/2
0 0 −1/2 1/2 1/2 −1/2
[ 0 0 1/2 −1/2 −1/2 1/2 ]
• The total structure stiffness equation, accounting the applied force at node 2 and the boundary
constraints at nodes 2 and 3
𝐹1𝑥 1/2 1/2 −1/2 −1/2 0 0 𝑢1 = 0
𝐹1𝑦 1/2 1/2 −1/2 −1/2 0 0 𝑣1 = 0
0 −1/2 −1/2 1 0 −1/2 1/2 𝑢2
𝑙𝑏 = 5 ∙ 104 𝑙𝑏/𝑖𝑛 𝑣2 𝑖𝑛
10000 −1/2 −1/2 0 1 1/2 −1/2
𝐹3𝑥 0 0 −1/2 1/2 1/2 −1/2 𝑢3 = 0
{ 𝐹3𝑦 } [ 0 0 1/2 −1/2 −1/2 1/2 ] {𝑣3 = 0}
0 1 0 𝑢2
⇔{ } 𝑙𝑏 = 5 ∙ 104 𝑙𝑏/𝑖𝑛 [ ]{ }
10000 0 1 𝑣2
1 0 0
[ ]{ } 𝑙𝑏 𝑢2
⇔ 0 1 10000 = {𝑣 }
4
5 ∙ 10 𝑙𝑏/𝑖𝑛 2
𝒖𝟐 𝟎
⇔ {𝒗 } = { } 𝒊𝒏
𝟐 𝟎. 𝟐

Therefore, the displacement at node 2 is 0.2 inches to the top direction (upward) and does not have
displacement at horizontal axis

• Stress in element 1
𝑢1
𝐸 𝑣1
{𝜎 (1) } = [−𝐶 −𝑆 𝐶 𝑆] {𝑢 }
𝐿 2
𝑣2
Substituting the values in the table to the equation,
0
(1)
106 𝑙𝑏/𝑖𝑛2 √2 √2 √2 √2] { 0 } 𝑖𝑛 = 𝟏𝟒𝟏𝟒. 𝟐𝟏 𝒍𝒃/𝒊𝒏𝟐
{𝜎 }= [− −
100 𝑖𝑛 2 2 2 2 0
0.2

Thus, the stress in element 1 is 1414.21 lb/in2