NPTEL course offered by IIT Madras

Computer Methods of analysis of Offshore Structures

SAMPLE TEST -1 (Key)
Time: 1 hour Max marks: 30
Answer all questions
1. Using stiffness method of analysis, calculate the moments and reactions in the continuous
beam shown in the figure below:

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Technical discussions:
No: of members = 2
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Length of each member= {5,5}
No: of unrestrained degrees-of-freedom = 2 (rotation at C; rotation at B)
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No: of restrained degrees-of-freedom = 4 (rotation at A; displacement at A, B and C)

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Axial deformation in the beam is neglected, making [K] as 4 x 4 only

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Solution:
Details as required by the computer program are given below
Input:
n = 2, l = [5 5], I = [2 3]
uu = 2, ur = 4
Global labels: AB = [3 2 4 5]
BC = [2 1 5 6]
Fixed End Moments: AB = [12.5 -12.5 10 10]
 BC = [52.083 -52.083 62.5 62.5]
Joint Load: [52.083 -39.583 -12.5 -10 -72.5 -62.5]
Output:

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Final Solution:

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(i) Member end forces and moments
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(ii) Final Moments and Reactions

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2. Using stiffness method of analysis, calculate the moments and reactions in the continuous
beam shown in the figure below:

Technical discussions:
No: of members = 3
Length of each member= {6,5,4}

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No: of unrestrained degrees-of-freedom = 3 (rotation at B,C,D)
No: of restrained degrees-of-freedom = 5 (rotation at A; displacement at A, B, C and D)

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Axial deformation in the beam is neglected, making [K] as 4 x 4 only

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Solution:
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Details as required by the computer program are given below

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Input:
n = 3, l = [6 5 4], I = [2 1 1.5]
uu = 3, ur = 5
Global labels: AB = [4 3 5 6]
BC = [3 2 6 7]
CD = [2 1 7 8]
Fixed End Moments: AB = [13.333 -13.333 10 10]
BC = [26.042 -26.042 25 25]
CD = [15 -15 15 15]
Joint Load: [15 11.042 -12.709 -13.333 -10 -35 -40 -15]
 Output:

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Final Solution:
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(i) Member end forces and moments
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(ii) Final Moments and Reactions

3. Using stiffness method of analysis, find the moments and reactions for the complete non-
orthogonal structure shown in figure below:

Solution:

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No: of members = 3

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Length of each member= {5,3,4}

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No: of unrestrained degrees-of-freedom = 8 (rotation at A,B,C; displacement at A,B,C)
No: of restrained degrees-of-freedom = 4 (rotation at D; displacement at A and D)
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EI are considered to be uniform throughout.
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Global labels: AB = [3 2 12 7 8 6]
BC = [2 1 7 5 6 4]
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CD = [1 11 5 10 4 9]
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I= [1 1 1]
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A = [1 1 1]
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θ = [53.13 0 90]
Joint load = [0 0 0 0 -200 150 0 0 0 0 0 0]
 Output:

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Final Solution:
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(i) Member end forces and moments

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(ii) Final Moments and Reactions

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