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Two Bar Truss Example (MATLAB)
It is important to understand how to solve a bar truss system employing a finite element MATLAB code in order to compare the resulting matrices with those obtained from hand calculations.

Take this truss example with the following: Data

MATLAB Code Note: this MATLAB code was obtained from Dr. L. Vu-Quoc website http://clesm.mae.ufl.edu/~vql/courses/fead/2008.fall/codes/twoBarTrussEx.txt

Results: