Lecture 2 Generic Bar Element


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Interactive 2.1

Structure with three bars to demonstrate the assembly process.

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Forming the overall stiffness matrix: Expanding the stiffness matrix for bar 1.

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Forming the overall stiffness matrix: Expanding the stiffness matrix for bar 2.

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Forming the overall stiffness matrix: Expanding the stiffness matrix for bar 3.

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Forming the overall stiffness matrix: The assembly process.

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Inclusion of supports: In general for a single DoF.

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Inclusion of supports: For previous example.