User:EML4500.f08.FEABBQ.Stark/Mtg 5

Fri. 5 September 2008, EML 4500                          [5-1]

Read: Chp.4 [Trusses, beams]

Chap.1 Secs 1.1, 1.1.1 1.2              Ex 1.4 1.4           1.4.1

Steps to solve simple trust system described on mtg 4-1


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1. Global Picture (description) At structure level *global dofs (degrees of freedom) *global forces

Actually the disp (displacements),                        [5-2] dofs are partitioned into: *a known part, e.g. fixed fogs, contraints *an unknown part: solved using FEM