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    This document provides instructions for solving spring assembly problems to determine nodal displacements, reaction forces, and element forces. It outlines a 6 step process: 1) write element stiffness matrices; 2) assemble the structure stiffness matrix; 3) write the static equilibrium equation; 4) substitute known values; 5) eliminate rows and columns with zero displacements; 6) solve the reduced system. It also presents two example spring assembly problems to solve using this process.

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    This document provides instructions for solving spring assembly problems to determine nodal displacements, reaction forces, and element forces. It outlines a 6 step process: 1) write element stiffness matrices; 2) assemble the structure stiffness matrix; 3) write the static equilibrium equation; 4) substitute known values; 5) eliminate rows and columns with zero displacements; 6) solve the reduced system. It also presents two example spring assembly problems to solve using this process.

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    This document provides instructions for solving spring assembly problems to determine nodal displacements, reaction forces, and element forces. It outlines a 6 step process: 1) write element stiffness matrices; 2) assemble the structure stiffness matrix; 3) write the static equilibrium equation; 4) substitute known values; 5) eliminate rows and columns with zero displacements; 6) solve the reduced system. It also presents two example spring assembly problems to solve using this process.

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    Q1

    For the spring assemblage shown below, determine a) the nodal


    displacements, b) The reaction forces, and c) the forces in each element.

    1. Write out the individual element stiffness 2. Assemble the structure's stiffness matrix using a
    matrices, and label the degrees of freedom. method such as the shortcut-direct stiffness
    method.

    3. Write out the equation of static equilibrium

    4. Substitute the known displacement and force values

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    5. Eliminate the rows where the displacements have a value of zero. Also, eliminate the columns of the
    stiffness matrix with the same indices of the rows that were crossed out.

    6. Solve.

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    Q2
    For the spring assemblage shown below, determine the nodal displacements, the
    forces in each element, and the reactions.

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    Q3
    Solve the question below using MATLAB P2.17

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