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1) Displacements: Direction Cosines: Locate Local Origin For Each Member at A. Member X y Z L (M) L M N

The document describes displacements and direction cosines for 4 members (ab, ac, ad, ae) of a structure. It then calculates member stiffness matrices for each member based on the direction cosines and member properties. Finally, it assembles the member stiffness matrices into a global stiffness matrix and solves for displacements (ua, va, wa) of node a.

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1) Displacements: Direction Cosines: Locate Local Origin For Each Member at A. Member X y Z L (M) L M N

The document describes displacements and direction cosines for 4 members (ab, ac, ad, ae) of a structure. It then calculates member stiffness matrices for each member based on the direction cosines and member properties. Finally, it assembles the member stiffness matrices into a global stiffness matrix and solves for displacements (ua, va, wa) of node a.

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1) Displacements:

Direction Cosines: Locate local origin for each member at a.


Member
ab
ac
ad
ae

x
-2
6
6
-2

y
-4
-4
2
2

z
-8
-8
-8
-8

L(m)
9.165
10.770
10.198
8.485

lx'
-0.2182
0.5571
0.5883
-0.2357

mx'
-0.4364
-0.3714
0.1961
0.2357

nx'
-0.8729
-0.7428
-0.7845
-0.9428

Record direction cosine products multiplied by A/L. (Values of A/L are in mm.)
Member
ab
ac
ad
ae

A
20000
30000
40000
30000

(A/L)
2.182
2.785
3.922
3.536
Sum

l2x'
0.1039
0.8644
1.3577
0.1964
2.5225

m2x'
0.4157
0.3842
0.1509
0.1964
1.1471

n2x'
1.6626
1.5368
2.4137
3.1427
8.7558

lx'mx'
0.2078
-0.5763
0.4526
-0.1964
-0.1123

lx'nx'
0.4157
-1.1526
-1.8103
0.7857
-1.7616

mx'nx'
0.8313
0.7684
-0.6034
-0.7857
0.2106

We now prepare member stiffness matrices:

Member ab:
Pxa
Pya
Pza
Pxb
Pyb
Pzb

0.1039
0.2078
0.4157

0.2078
0.4157
0.8313

0.4157
0.8313
1.6626

ua
va
wa
ub
vb
wb

0.8644
-0.5763
-1.1526

-0.5763
0.3842
0.7684

-1.1526
0.7684
1.5368

ua
va
wa
uc
vc
wc

1.3577
0.4526
-1.8103

0.4526
0.1509
-0.6034

-1.8103
-0.6034
2.4137

ua
va
wa
ud
vd
wd

Member ac:
Pxa
Pya
Pza
Pxc
Pyc
Pzc

Member ad:
Pxa
Pya
Pza
Pxd
Pyd
Pzd

Member ae:
Pxa
Pya
Pza
Pxe
Pye
Pze

0.1964
-0.1964
0.7857

-0.1964
0.1964
-0.7857

0.7857
-0.7857
3.1427

ua
va
wa
ue
ve
we

Assembling into the global stiffness equation and taking the non-zero DOFs:

Pxa
Pya =
Pza

200
600
-800

200

2.5225
-0.1123
-1.7616

Taking the inverse of k and solving for unknowns:


ua
va
wa

0.178
2.722 mm
-0.487

-0.1123
1.1471
0.2106

-1.7616
0.2106
8.7558

ua
va
wa

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