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The document describes two finite element analysis assignments. The first involves a system of steel and aluminum bars connected at joints and subjected to an axial load. Students are asked to develop the stiffness matrix of each bar element, assemble the global stiffness matrix, and determine displacements at each joint. The second assignment involves a thin plate subjected to a load. Students are asked to develop an element-nodes table, write the stiffness matrix, and solve the matrix to obtain displacements at specified locations using MATLAB or Excel.

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Cae Assignment 3

The document describes two finite element analysis assignments. The first involves a system of steel and aluminum bars connected at joints and subjected to an axial load. Students are asked to develop the stiffness matrix of each bar element, assemble the global stiffness matrix, and determine displacements at each joint. The second assignment involves a thin plate subjected to a load. Students are asked to develop an element-nodes table, write the stiffness matrix, and solve the matrix to obtain displacements at specified locations using MATLAB or Excel.

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MCB3063

Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) May semester 2013


Finite Element (FE) assignment 3
1. The bars system shown in Figure below consists of two steel bars and one aluminum bar.
The bars are fixed to the wall at nodes 1 and 4, and are connected to each other at nodes 2
and 3. An axial load, P = 104 N is applied at node 2. The bars specifications are shown in
table below.
3m
1

2
steel

Bar type

3m

4m
P
Aluminum

4
steel

cross section area, A

Modules of Elasticity, E

(m2)

(N/m2)

Steel bars

0.0024

200 x 109

Aluminum bar

0.0006

70 x 109

Develop the stiffness matrix of each element.

Assemble the global stiffness matrix of the bars system.

Determine the displacements at each joint point at the walls and between the bars.

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2. A thin plate with the shape shown in figure below is subjected to 2224N load. The
modulus of elasticity of the material is 193 GPa. The plate thickness is 3.17mm.

Develop the element-nodes table.


Write the stiffness matrix
Solve the matrix to obtain the displacement at locations of y=0, 50.25, 254.75 and
305mm by using MATLAB or excel software.

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