For the spring system above, find the displacements for nodes 2 and 3

100 N 200 N 100 N

K 1= , K 2= , K 3= ,∧P=500 N
mm mm mm

APPLYING THE FORMULA

U1 U2 U2 ¿ U3 ¿

K 1= (−100
100
)
−100 U 1
100 U 2
K 1= (−200
200
)
−200 U 2
200 U 3
K 1= (−100
100
)
−100 U 3
100 U 4

ASSEMBLY: K= K 1+ K 2+ K 3

U1 U2U3 U4

[ ]
100 −100 0 0 U1
−100 300 −200 0 U 2
K=
0 −200 300 100 U 3
0 0 −100 100 U 4

THE EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION FOR THE SYSTEM

[ ][ ] [ ]
100 −100 0 0 U1 F1
−100 300 −200 0 U 0
K=
2
=
0 −200 300 100 U 3 P=500
0 0 −100 100 U 4 F4

APPLYING BOUNDARY CONDITION

U 1=¿U 4 =0∧F3 =P=500 N ¿

ELIMINATION METHOD

[−200
300
][ ] [ ]
−200 U 2
300 U 3
=
0
500
⇒ Eq 1

2 ×(300U 2−200 U 3=0)

3 × (−200U 2+300 U 3=500 )

600 U 2−400U 3=0

−600 U 2 +900 U 3=1500

500U 3 1500
=
500 500
U 3=3 mm

For U 2

300 U 2−200 U 3=0

300 U 2−200 ( 3 ) =0

300U 2 600
=
300 300
U 2=2 mm