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Tutorial 5

This document outlines a tutorial for CE5610 Finite Element Analysis, focusing on truss elements with various class work problems. It includes tasks such as calculating joint displacements and axial forces under different conditions, including temperature changes and varying member lengths. Additionally, it covers deriving stiffness matrices and analyzing axially loaded bars with distributed loads.

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Tutorial 5

This document outlines a tutorial for CE5610 Finite Element Analysis, focusing on truss elements with various class work problems. It includes tasks such as calculating joint displacements and axial forces under different conditions, including temperature changes and varying member lengths. Additionally, it covers deriving stiffness matrices and analyzing axially loaded bars with distributed loads.

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CE5610 Finite Element Analysis

January – May 2014


Tutorial – 5: Truss elements
Class work problems: 1 & 2
50 kN
Figure – 1
L 1. Find the joint displacements and axial forces in the plane truss shown in
1
A B figure 1. Assume L = 2m and that for both the members Young’s modulus, E =
30° 200 GPa and the area of cross section, A = 500 mm2.
C 2
2. Find the joint
displacements and forces in
the springs shown in figure 2.
Figure – 2
3. If the temperature rises by 40
degree Celsius from its fabricated temperature, find the joint displacements and axial
forces in the plane truss shown in figure 1. Assume L = 2m and that for both the
members Young’s modulus, E = 200 GPa, area of cross section, A = 500 mm2 and
coefficient of thermal expansion,   5 *10 5 per degree Celsius. Do not neglect the
externally applied load in your analysis.

4. In figure 1, the members are fabricated such that member 1 is 2.05 m long and member
2 is 2.35 m long. Now find the joint displacements and axial forces in the truss
assuming that no external force is acting on the truss.
Given that for both the members Young’s modulus, E =
200 GPa and area of cross section, A = 500 mm2.

5. Find the joint displacements and axial forces in the Figure – 3


space truss shown in figure 3. While points 2, 3, 4 are
on the ground, point 1 is at a height, h = 1.5 m above
the ground. Assume P = 100kN and that for all the three
members the Young’s modulus, E = 200 GPa and the
area of cross section, A = 1000 mm2.

Figure – 4 6. Derive the stiffness matrix for an axially loaded bar


whose cross sectional area, A varies as: A = A1 (x – x2)/l + A2
(x – x1)/l where l is the length of the bar and x1 and x2 are the
location of the node points (see figure 4).

7. An axially loaded bar


carries a distributed load Figure – 5
over one quarter of its
length and has a small gap
at one end as shown in
figure 5. Divide the bar into appropriate number of elements and compute
displacements and stresses in the bar. Assume L = 800 mm, area of cross section, A =
25 mm2, Young’s Modulus E = 200 GPa, q = 400 N/mm and gap = 1 mm.

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