Duke University

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

CEE 421L. Matrix Structural Analysis
Stiffness Matrix Reference Sheet for 2D Truss Bars
4
Bar Direction 3
2
(x , y )
2 2
1 Local Joint Number
2
θ
Element Coordinate 1
1 1
in Global Directions (x , y )
1 1
q
L= (x2 − x1 )2 + (y2 − y1 )2 c = (x2 − x1 )/L s = (y2 − y1 )/L

1 0 −1 0 c2 cs −c2 −cs
   

EA  0 0 0 0  EA  cs s2 −cs −s2 
k= K=
   
−1 0 1 0  −c2 −cs c2 cs 
   
L  L 
0 0 0 0 −cs −s2 cs s2
EA
T = [c(v3 − v1 ) + s(v4 − v2 )]
L
EA 2
sin θ
L
EA
cosθ sinθ
L EA
cosθ sinθ
L
∆=1 ∆=1
EA 2
cos θ
L

θ θ

Coordinate System Local Global

Element Deflection
Element Force
Element Stiffness
Structural Deflection
Structural Loads
Structural Stiffness
u v
q f
k K
- d
- p
- Ks

q=ku f =Kv p = Ks d

" #−1 " #

a b 1 d −b
=
c d ad − bc −c a

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