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    MCG 4102 / 5108 - Assignment 1

    Note: Numerical values may change slightly due to round-off errors.


    Using the truss example given in class (4 nodes, and 5 elements involving 2 materials):

    1) Show that K1 103

    0 0

    0 0

    0 982

    0 982

    0 0

    0 0

    lbf/in.

    0 982 0 982

    2) Given K2 103

    115

    0 115 0

    0 0

    115 0 115

    0 0

    lbf/in, K3 103

    98 33 98 33
    K4 103

    33 11

    33 11

    98 33

    98 33

    lbf/in and K5 103

    33 11 33 11
    115

    176

    351 176

    176

    88

    176 88

    351 176 351

    176

    176 88

    88

    176

    0 0

    0 0

    0 589

    0 589

    0 0

    0 0

    lbf/in,

    lbf/in, show that

    0 589 0 589

    115

    982

    982

    450 143 351 176 98

    33

    1080 176 88

    33

    11

    466

    176

    677

    589

    98

    33

    Ka 103

    351

    Sym

    lbf/in.

    600

    3) What are the boundary conditions? Given Fa T 1000 1732 0 0 Rx3 0 Rx4 Ry4T lbf,
    apply the boundary conditions and solve the remaining system of equations for displacements using
    MatLab (do not do it by hand!).
    4) Verify that u1 0. 00879in u2 0. 01012in
    v 1 0. 03581in v 2 0. 03405in
    u3 0

    u4 0

    v 3 0. 00180in

    v4 0

    5) In Element 3, compute elongation , strain


    F3 2352lbf (compressive force).

    , stress E and force F A. Verify that

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