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This document provides a plane truss diagram and requests the following based on given properties: 1) Determine the nodal displacements, forces in each element, and support reactions. 2) The truss is made of two elements with given properties, including an external force of 10,000 N at node 2. 3) Use the finite element method to solve the problem and determine element forces and verify equilibrium.

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HW2

This document provides a plane truss diagram and requests the following based on given properties: 1) Determine the nodal displacements, forces in each element, and support reactions. 2) The truss is made of two elements with given properties, including an external force of 10,000 N at node 2. 3) Use the finite element method to solve the problem and determine element forces and verify equilibrium.

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29. Use the finite element method to solve the plane truss shown below. Assume AE = 106 N, L = 1 m.

Determine the nodal displacements, forces in each element and the support reactions.

1 y

1 x
L
2 2
L 4

L 3
10,000 N
3

22. The properties of the two elements of a plane truss are given in the table below. Note that an external
force of 10,000 N is acting on the truss at node 2.

Elem. i→j  l m L (m) A (cm2) E (GPa)  (/oC) T (oC) (a)


Write
1 1→2 90 0 1 1 1 100 2010–6 -100
the thermal
2 2→3 0 1 0 1 1 100 2010–6 0 force vector
for each element. Indicate row addresses clearly.
(b) Assemble the thermal force vectors to form the global thermal force {FT } , which is a 2×1 matrix.

(c) Solve the problem for the unknown displacements. Determine the element force P in each element.
(d) Show that equilibrium is satisfied at node 2.

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