ENGINEERING SIMULATIONS AND

ANALYSIS (M51MAE)
GROUP PRESENTATION
NOOR ANIS BINTI MASIRAN (6II5690)
SITI RODIAH BINTI MOHD KASSIM
(6251404)

OUTLINE
Recap from previous lecture
- MATLAB
- Examples

Direct
method
(spring
element)
Linear static
analysis (bar
element)

BEHAVIOR OF A LINEAR SPRING

F

k
1

x
k

d
F = Force in the
spring
d = deflection of the
spring
k = stiffness of the
spring
f1x

F
d

Hookes
Law
F = kd
f2x

2002 Brooks/Cole Publishing / Thomson Learning

f1x
k - k d1x


k
k
f 2x
d 2x

DIRECT ASSEMBLY OF THE

GLOBAL STIFFNESS MATRIX
F1x
1
d1x

k1
Element 1

F2x
2
d2x

k2

F3x

Element 2

3
d3x

Element 2

1.The element stiffness matrix is symmetric

2.The element stiffness matrix is singular
T

k k

) k2 k2 0
det ( k

k4

EXAMPLE
F
1

F2
k
1

F
3

k2

k5

k
3

F
4

k2=100N/m

k1=500N/m

Element 1
d1x=0

Element 2

d2x

600-100= 0
-+100= 5

F3x=5
N
3
d3x

LINEAR STATIC ANALYSIS: BAR ELEMENT

From stress-strain relationship, k =

Node 1 and 2 at fixed walls. F3 = 5 N

= 5