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FEM Analysis 3-Bar Space Truss Using MATLAB
The following Matlab code was taken from the 3-bar space truss system found in the textbook on page 230. The code uses three other functions: SpaceTrussElement.m, NodalSoln.m, and SpaceTrussResults.m. These functions were obtained from the online resources located at the book's website here.

Results for 3-bar Space Truss
Note that the conn and lmm arrays are also shown.

Plots for 3-bar Space Truss
This is a 3-D plot with a view from (3,3,3):

This is a 2-D plot down the X-axis:

This is a 2-D plot down the Y-axis:

This is a 2-D plot down the Z-axis: