25. A frame is clamped on the left side and inclined roller supported on the right side,...
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25. A frame is clamped on the left side and inclined roller supported on the right side, as shown in the figure. A uniformly distributed force q is applied and the roller contact surface is assumed to be non-frictional. When one frame finite element is used to approximate the structure, the nodal displacement vector can be defined as {d} = {m, vu 9i, 112, V2, qiY\ where u and v are x- and y-directional displacements, respectively, and 9 is the rotation with respect to z-direction.
(a) Construct the 6 x 6 FE matrix equation before applying boundary conditions.
(b) Reduce the dimension of FE matrix equation to 2 x 2 by applying boundary conditions.
You may need to use appropriate transformation.
(c) Solve the FE matrix equation and calculate nodal displacement vector {d}.
(d) Write the expression of FE vertical displacement v(x), 0
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Introduction To Finite Element Analysis And Design
ISBN: 9780470125397
1st Edition
Authors: Nam-Ho Kim, Bhavani V. Sankar