CE 620: FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

Assignment No. 1
(Due on January 9, 2023)

Q. 1 Matrices [K] 33, [T]35, and {q}51 are defined as

 20 6 2   4 3 1 2 0.5
[K] = [K]T =  6 20 1 ; [ T] =  0.5 1 3 0 2 
 
 2 1 20  0.2 0 3 1 0 

{q} = { 5 -2 -1 0 3}T

Compute matrix [M1] to [M6] appearing in the following expression

(a) [M1] = [K]-1 (b) [M2] = 3[K]-1 +2[K]

(c) [M3] = [K] [T] (d) [M4] =5[K]-1 [T] {q}

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(e) [M5] = [T]T [K] [T] (f) [M6] = {q}T [T]T [K][T]{q}
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Q. 2 Given
t 3 4  d a 3

  
a  2
. Find [b ]  and [ c ]  1 [a]dt.
3t t  dt

Q. 3 Given
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q [ K ]q  q  f  where
T T

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 k11 k12 k13   q1   f1 
 
 
[ K ]   k12 k22 k23  ; q  q2  ;  f    f 2 
 k13 k23 k33     
 q3   f3 

  
Derive equations arising from 0 ; 0 ; 0
q1 q2 q3

Q. 4 Matrix equation [K] {q} = {f} is given where

 6 7 9 2 13 
 7 18 6 10 6 

[ K] =  9 6 42 15 11
 
 2 10 15 8 6 
13 6 11 6 24 

{q} = [ q 1 q2 q3 q4 q5 ]T ; {f} = [100 70 -50 150 -35] T

Compute {q}51 by employing Gauss elimination algorithm.

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