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CIVL512 Finite Element Methods (FEM)

This document provides an overview of the finite element method (FEM) and focuses on the displacement method (stiffness method) and force method (flexibility method) for solving structural analysis problems. It discusses that the displacement and force methods are derived from minimizing potential energy or manipulating the governing system equations. The force method involves making the structure statically determinate, inserting redundant forces as unknowns, expressing displacements in terms of forces using flexibility matrices, and solving the resulting equations for the unknown forces. The displacement method takes the displacements of structure joints as unknowns, expresses member forces in terms of those displacements using a stiffness matrix, and provides an example analysis.

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CIVL512 Finite Element Methods (FEM)

This document provides an overview of the finite element method (FEM) and focuses on the displacement method (stiffness method) and force method (flexibility method) for solving structural analysis problems. It discusses that the displacement and force methods are derived from minimizing potential energy or manipulating the governing system equations. The force method involves making the structure statically determinate, inserting redundant forces as unknowns, expressing displacements in terms of forces using flexibility matrices, and solving the resulting equations for the unknown forces. The displacement method takes the displacements of structure joints as unknowns, expresses member forces in terms of those displacements using a stiffness matrix, and provides an example analysis.

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Finite Element Method (FEM) 1

CIVL512
Finite Element Methods (FEM)
Finite Element Method (FEM) 2
Part 1
Review of Matrix Algebra, force &
stiffness methods
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Matrix Algebra
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Matrix Algebra
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Matrix Algebra
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Matrix Algebra
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Matrix Algebra
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Matrix Algebra
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Matrix Algebra
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Matrix Algebra
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Displacement and force method
Two basic solution procedures of structural
analysis
Displacement method (stiffness method)
Force method (flexibility method)
Deduced from
Minimum potential energy (displacement method)
Minimum complimentary potential energy (force
method)
Directly from manipulating the governing system
equations (for both methods)
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Force method
1. Make the structure statically determinate,
or statically indeterminate if the solution
is known
2. Insert releases and insert redundant
forces that are unknowns
3. Displacements are expressed in terms of
forces by means of flexibility matrices
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Force method
4. Insert continuity/compatibility
conditions
5. Solve the resulting set of equations for
the unknown forces
Example, continuous beam
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Force method
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Force method
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Force method
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Force method
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Force method
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Force Method
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Force method
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Force method
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Force method
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Force method
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Force method
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Force method
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Force method
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Force method
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Force method
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Displacement method
1. The displacement of the joints of a
structure are taken as the unknowns
2. The member forces are expressed in
terms of those displacements
3. The relationship between the two is
defined by the stiffness matrix
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Displacement method
Stiffness coefficients
and fixed end moments
for prismatic beams
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Displacement method
Example
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Displacement method
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Displacement method
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Generalized stiffness method
Derive generalized beam stiffness matrix
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Generalized stiffness method
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Generalized stiffness method
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Generalized stiffness method
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Generalized stiffness method
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Generalized stiffness method
Example
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Stiffness method
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Stiffness method
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Stiffness method
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Stiffness method
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Stiffness method
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Stiffness method
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Stiffness method
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Stiffness method
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