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PROBLEM (13.15) Resolve Problem 13.14 for the planar truss supported and loaded as shown in Fig.
P13.15. Take AE = 10 MN for each element.

SOLUTION

Table P13.15 Data for the truss of Fig.P13.15

Element Length(m) θ c s c2 cs s2
1 5 53.13o 0.6 0.8 0.36 0.48 0.64
2 4 180o −1 0 1 0 0

( a ) Use Eq.(13.14):
u1 v1 u2 v2
⎡ 0.36 0.48 − 0.36 − 0.48⎤
⎢ 0.48 0.64 − 0.48 − 0.64⎥⎥
AE ⎢
[k ]1 =
5 ⎢− 0.36 − 0.48 0.36 0.48⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎣− 0.48 − 0.64 0.48 0.64⎦

u2 v 2 u3 v3
⎡ 1 0 −1 0 ⎤
⎢ 0 0 ⎥⎥
AE ⎢ 0 0
[k ] 2 =
4 ⎢− 1 0 1 0⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎣ 0 0 0 0⎦

( b ) Global Stiffness Matrix

u1 v1 u2 v2 u3 v3
⎡ 0.072 0.096 − 0.072 − 0.096 0 0⎤
⎢ 0.096 0.128 − 0.096 − 0.128 0 0 ⎥⎥
⎢
⎢− 0.072 − 0.096 0.322 0.096 − 0.25 0 ⎥
[ K ] = AE ⎢ ⎥
⎢− 0.096 − 0.128 0.096 0.128 0 0⎥
⎢ 0 0 − 0.25 0 0.25 0 ⎥
⎢ ⎥
⎢⎣ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ⎥⎦

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 (c)
⎧ 0 ⎫ ⎡0.322 0.096 ⎤ ⎧u2 ⎫
⎨ ⎬ = AE ⎢ ⎥⎨ ⎬
⎩−6000 ⎭ ⎣ 0.093 0.128⎦ ⎩ v2 ⎭

⎧u2 ⎫ 1 ⎡ 4 −3 ⎤ ⎧ 0 ⎫ ⎧ 1.8 ⎫ −3
⎨ ⎬= 6 ⎢ ⎥ ⎨ ⎬=⎨ ⎬ (10 ) m
⎩ v2 ⎭ 10(10 ) ⎣ −3 10.063⎦ ⎩−6000 ⎭ ⎩−6.04 ⎭

(d)
⎧ R1x ⎫ ⎡ −0.072 −0.096 ⎤ ⎧ 4.5024 ⎫
⎪ ⎪ ⎢ ⎥ ⎧u2 ⎫ ⎪ ⎪
⎨ R1 y ⎬ = AE ⎢ −0.096 −0.128 ⎥ ⎨ ⎬ = ⎨ 6.0032 ⎬ kN
⎪ ⎪ ⎩ v2 ⎭ ⎪−4.5 ⎪
⎩ R3 x ⎭ ⎣⎢ −0.25 0 ⎦⎥ ⎩ ⎭

( e ) Use Eq.(13.15)
⎧u ⎫ ⎧ 0.0018 ⎫
F12 = AE [ 0.6 0.8] ⎨ 2 ⎬ = 10(106) [ 0.6 0.8] ⎨ ⎬ = −37.5 kN (C )
⎩ v2 ⎭ ⎩−0.00604 ⎭

⎧−u ⎫ ⎧ −0.0018 ⎫
F23 = AE [ −1 0] ⎨ 2 ⎬ = 10(106) [ −1 0] ⎨ ⎬ = 18 kN (T )
⎩ −v2 ⎭ ⎩ 0.00604 ⎭

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