DEGREE OF FREEDOM

Presented By: Presented To:

Asem Anamika Devi Dr. TH. Kiranbala Devi
M.Tech Semester-I Associate Professor
(Structural Engineering)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

MANIPUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
TAKYELPAT, IMPHAL
AUGUST, 2023
 What Is Degree Of Freedom
A Degree of Freedom is the number of possible movements
of a structural system.
It can also be described as unknown quantities that have to
be determined to solve an equation system.
It is used to describe displacements and rotations in a certain
direction at a nodal point.
 Types of degree of freedom
• The types of degree of freedom depends upon:

I. On the basis of types of support

II. On the basis of types of motion.

 DOF For Various Support Condition
Depending on the types of support, a structure can restrict
certain DOF so that no deformation can occur.
For a 2D structure, each node has 3 possible
DOF.
y

i. Translation movement in x-axis.

ii. Translation movement in the direction
perpendicular to the x-direction i.e. y-axis.
x
iii. Rotation about x-y-axis.
For a 3D structure, it has 6 possible DOF.

i. Displacement and rotation in x-axis.

ii. Displacement and rotation in y-axis.

iii. Displacement and rotation in z-axis.

 On The Basis Of Types Of Motion.

On the basis of motion of the system DOF is again classified into two
types i.e.,

i. Single degree of freedom.

ii. Multiple degree of freedom.

 Single Degree Of Freedom
SDOF describes the motion of a system that is constrained to only a
single linear or angular direction.
The system will only move in x-, y- or z-direction or will rotate about
x-, y- or z-axis.
 MULTIPLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM
 It can be defined as those requiring two or more coordinates
to describe their motion.
The formula for MDOF in matrix form is given in eqn (1).

..
[m]{x}  [k(1)]{x}  0
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