Friday 13 May 2022

Structural Analysis of Plane Truss using Mathcad

 

Input data

Input data cont'd


Input data 2 cont'd

Truss diagram

Member forces

Truss original and deflected shape

Truss support reactions







Thursday 12 May 2022

Structural Analysis of Plane Truss using Scilab

 

Input data

F  = 

   0.
   0.
   0.
  -50.
   0.
  -50.
   0.
   0.
   0.
   0.
External force vector

U  = 

   0.
   0.
   0.0017857
  -0.0108753
  -0.0017857
  -0.0108753
   0.
   0.
   0.
  -0.0117682
Deflection vector output

F=
  -55.901699
25
  0
  -25
0
25
  -55.901699

Member forces

ans  =

   1.   25.   50.

 ans  =

   4.  -25.   50.
Support reaction


Truss original and deflected shape


Structural Analysis of Plane Truss using Excel VBA

 

Input data

Input data cont'd

Output data

Truss diagram

Deflected truss diagram







Tuesday 10 May 2022

Program Verification Problem: Structural Analysis of Three Span Beam using Excel VBA

 Sample Three Span Beam Analysis with Excel VBA using Finite Element    Analysis

Excel input interface: Joint information

Excel input interface-Support_load information

Excel output interface-Joint displacements

Excel output interface-End forces_Reactions


Thursday 5 May 2022

Program Verification Problem: Structural Analysis of Three Span Beam using Mathcad Prime

 Sample Three Span Beam Analysis with Mathcad Prime using Finite Element Analysis

Sample problem

Input data

Stiffness matrices for spans


Global stiffness matrix

Joint load vector

Joint deflection vector

Member end forces

Member end reactions















Program Verification Problem: Structural Analysis of Three Span Beam using Scilab with Visualization

 Sample Three Span Beam Analysis with Scilab using Finite Element Analysis


Sample input file


Stiffness matrix span 1

Stiffness matrix span 2

Stiffness matrix span 3

Global stiffness matrix for the whole beam

Joint load vector

Joint displacements

Member end forces

Support reactions

Bending moment diagram

Shear force diagram



Beam deflection diagram

Beam rotation diagram