Truss Analysis Report

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 Units : US Customary System of Units
Length: m
Applied Load: kilo newton (kN)
Memnber Forces: kilo newton (kN)
Modulus of Elasticity (E): GPa
Cross-sectional Area (A): mm2
Displacement : mm

Truss Geometry : Nodes

Nodes are the points in (x,y) co-ordinate.

Node X Y
1 0.00 0.00
2 4.00 0.00
3 4.00 3.00
4 8.00 0.00
5 8.00 3.00
6 12.00 0.00
7 12.00 3.00
8 16.00 0.00

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 Truss Members
Below is the diagram showing how members are connected.

From To
Member Node Node
1 1 3
2 1 2
3 2 3
4 3 5
5 3 4
6 2 4
7 4 5
8 5 7
9 4 7
10 4 6
11 6 7
12 7 8
13 6 8

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 Truss Loads and Supports
Loads direction,magnitude,value as well as Supports are shown below with diagram and table.

Magnitude angle
Node (kN) (degree)
2 4.0 -90.0
4 8.0 -90.0
6 12.0 -90.0
5 6.0 -90.0

Support Node Type

1 1 pinned
2 8 horizontal roller

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 Before doing matrices
From From To To
From To
Member Point Point Point Point Sine Cosine Length E (ksi) Area
Node Node
(x) (y) (x) (y)
1 1 3 0.00 0.00 4.00 3.00 0.60 0.80 5.00 29000.0 1.0
2 1 2 0.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 4.00 29000.0 1.0
3 2 3 4.00 0.00 4.00 3.00 1.00 0.00 3.00 29000.0 1.0
4 3 5 4.00 3.00 8.00 3.00 0.00 1.00 4.00 29000.0 1.0
5 3 4 4.00 3.00 8.00 0.00 -0.60 0.80 5.00 29000.0 1.0
6 2 4 4.00 0.00 8.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 4.00 29000.0 1.0
7 4 5 8.00 0.00 8.00 3.00 1.00 0.00 3.00 29000.0 1.0
8 5 7 8.00 3.00 12.00 3.00 0.00 1.00 4.00 29000.0 1.0
9 4 7 8.00 0.00 12.00 3.00 0.60 0.80 5.00 29000.0 1.0
10 4 6 8.00 0.00 12.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 4.00 29000.0 1.0
11 6 7 12.00 0.00 12.00 3.00 1.00 0.00 3.00 29000.0 1.0
12 7 8 12.00 3.00 16.00 0.00 -0.60 0.80 5.00 29000.0 1.0
13 6 8 12.00 0.00 16.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 4.00 29000.0 1.0

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 Member Stiffness Matrices
This stiffness matrix is for an element. The element attaches to two nodes and each of these nodes
has two degrees of freedom. The rows and columns of the stiffness matrix correlate to those
degrees of freedom.

c2 cs -c2 -cs
cs s2 -cs -s2
k = EA / L
-c2 -cs c2 cs
-cs -s2 cs s2

Member 1 :
1 2 5 6

3712.0 2784.0 -3712.0 -2784.0 1

2784.0 2088.0 -2784.0 -2088.0 2

-3712.0 -2784.0 3712.0 2784.0 5

-2784.0 -2088.0 2784.0 2088.0 6

Member 2 :
1 2 3 4

7250.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 1

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2

-7250.0 0.0 7250.0 0.0 3

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4

Member 3 :
3 4 5 6

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3

0.0 9666.667 0.0 -9666.667 4

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5

0.0 -9666.667 0.0 9666.667 6

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 Member 4 :
5 6 9 10

7250.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 5

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6

-7250.0 0.0 7250.0 0.0 9

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10

Member 5 :
5 6 7 8

3712.0 -2784.0 -3712.0 2784.0 5

-2784.0 2088.0 2784.0 -2088.0 6

-3712.0 2784.0 3712.0 -2784.0 7

2784.0 -2088.0 -2784.0 2088.0 8

Member 6 :
3 4 7 8

7250.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 3

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4

-7250.0 0.0 7250.0 0.0 7

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8

Member 7 :
7 8 9 10

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7

0.0 9666.667 0.0 -9666.667 8

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9

0.0 -9666.667 0.0 9666.667 10

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 Member 8 :
9 10 13 14

7250.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 9

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10

-7250.0 0.0 7250.0 0.0 13

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14

Member 9 :
7 8 13 14

3712.0 2784.0 -3712.0 -2784.0 7

2784.0 2088.0 -2784.0 -2088.0 8

-3712.0 -2784.0 3712.0 2784.0 13

-2784.0 -2088.0 2784.0 2088.0 14

Member 10 :
7 8 11 12

7250.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 7

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8

-7250.0 0.0 7250.0 0.0 11

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12

Member 11 :
11 12 13 14

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11

0.0 9666.667 0.0 -9666.667 12

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13

0.0 -9666.667 0.0 9666.667 14

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 Member 12 :
13 14 15 16

3712.0 -2784.0 -3712.0 2784.0 13

-2784.0 2088.0 2784.0 -2088.0 14

-3712.0 2784.0 3712.0 -2784.0 15

2784.0 -2088.0 -2784.0 2088.0 16

Member 13 :
11 12 15 16

7250.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 11

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12

-7250.0 0.0 7250.0 0.0 15

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16

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 System or Global Stiffness Matrix (unconstrained)
We add the degree of freedom for each member stiffness matrix into the same degree of freedom in
the structural matrix. The resulting structural stiffness matrix is shown below. (To fit on a page the
matrix may split into 8 columns and row into several pages)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
10962.0 2784.0 -7250.0 0.0 -3712.0 -2784.0 0.0 0.0 1
2784.0 2088.0 0.0 0.0 -2784.0 -2088.0 0.0 0.0 2
-7250.0 0.0 14500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 3
0.0 0.0 0.0 9666.67 0.0 -9666.67 0.0 0.0 4
-3712.0 -2784.0 0.0 0.0 14674.0 0.0 -3712.0 2784.0 5
-2784.0 -2088.0 0.0 -9666.67 0.0 13842.67 2784.0 -2088.0 6
0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 -3712.0 2784.0 21924.0 0.0 7
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2784.0 -2088.0 0.0 13842.67 8
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -9666.67 10
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 11
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -3712.0 -2784.0 13
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2784.0 -2088.0 14
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16

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 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4
-7250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6
0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 -3712.0 -2784.0 0.0 0.0 7
0.0 -9666.67 0.0 0.0 -2784.0 -2088.0 0.0 0.0 8
14500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9
0.0 9666.67 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10
0.0 0.0 14500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 11
0.0 0.0 0.0 9666.67 0.0 -9666.67 0.0 0.0 12
-7250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14674.0 0.0 -3712.0 2784.0 13
0.0 0.0 0.0 -9666.67 0.0 13842.67 2784.0 -2088.0 14
0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 -3712.0 2784.0 10962.0 -2784.0 15
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2784.0 -2088.0 -2784.0 2088.0 16

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 System or Global Stiffness Matrix (constrained)
We have boundary conditions at supports. Our assumption is that these joints will not move in the
constrained direction. We remove these from our matrix. The constrained displacements are dof
[1, 2, 16].
The resulting matrix is: (To fit on a page the matrix may split into 8 columns and row into several
pages)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
14500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3
0.0 9666.67 0.0 -9666.67 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4
0.0 0.0 14674.0 0.0 -3712.0 2784.0 -7250.0 0.0 5
0.0 -9666.67 0.0 13842.67 2784.0 -2088.0 0.0 0.0 6
-7250.0 0.0 -3712.0 2784.0 21924.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7
0.0 0.0 2784.0 -2088.0 0.0 13842.67 0.0 -9666.67 8
0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14500.0 0.0 9
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -9666.67 0.0 9666.67 10
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -3712.0 -2784.0 -7250.0 0.0 13
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -2784.0 -2088.0 0.0 0.0 14
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15

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 11 12 13 14 15
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6
-7250.0 0.0 -3712.0 -2784.0 0.0 7
0.0 0.0 -2784.0 -2088.0 0.0 8
0.0 0.0 -7250.0 0.0 0.0 9
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10
14500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7250.0 11
0.0 9666.67 0.0 -9666.67 0.0 12
0.0 0.0 14674.0 0.0 -3712.0 13
0.0 -9666.67 0.0 13842.67 2784.0 14
-7250.0 0.0 -3712.0 2784.0 10962.0 15

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 Force Matrix
The constrained displacements are dof [1, 2, 16]. Like System stiffness matrix we remove these
from our force matrix. The resulting matrix is:

0.0 3
-4.0 4
0.0 5
0.0 6
0.0 7
-8.0 8
0.0 9
-6.0 10
0.0 11
-12.0 12
0.0 13
0.0 14
0.0 15

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 Member Forces and Support Reactions
σ = E/L {-c -s c s} q
We use this equation to compute the member Force of each element.Support reactions are shown
in the diagram.

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 Member Node Force Stress Direction
1 1-3 -21.6667 -21666.7 compression
2 1-2 17.3333 17333.3 tension
3 2-3 4.0001 4000.1 tension
4 3-5 -29.3335 -29333.5 compression
5 3-4 15.0 15000.0 tension
6 2-4 17.3333 17333.3 tension
7 4-5 -6.0001 -6000.1 compression
8 5-7 -29.3335 -29333.5 compression
9 4-7 8.3333 8333.3 tension
10 4-6 22.6664 22666.4 tension
11 6-7 12.0002 12000.2 tension
12 7-8 -28.3329 -28332.9 compression
13 6-8 22.6671 22667.1 tension

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 Nodal Displacements
The horizontal(x) and vertical(y) displacements are shown below.

x y
Node displacement displacement
1 0.000 0.000
2 2.391 -18.900
3 9.195 -18.487
4 4.782 -28.682
5 5.149 -29.303
6 7.908 -22.625
7 1.103 -21.383
8 11.034 0.000

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