CE
3310:
Advanced
Structural
Analysis
Tutorial
-
5
:
Beams
and
Grids
(Matrix
Methods)
Take
P
=
100
+
last
two
digits
of
your
Roll
No
(kN).
1. (a)
Generate
the
structure
stiffness
matrix
[kAA]
and
net
load
vector
[FA-FfA]
for
the
continuous
beam
shown
in
Fig.
1,
considering
D1=B
(
),
D2=B
(
),
D3=C
(
),
D4=C
(
).
(b)
Apply
the
Reduced
Stiffness
Method,
(considering
D1=
B)
to
analyse
the
beam
in
Fig.
1.
Find
the
support
reactions
and
draw
the
shear
force
and
bending
moment
diagrams.
0.3P
kN/m
A
2I
8m
B
P
kN
3m
C
I
B
=
5mm
P/2
kNm
C
=
10mm
Fig.1
6m
EI
=
80
000kNm2
2. Repeat
Problem
1
by
the
Flexibility
Method,
choosing
the
support
reactions
at
B
and
C
as
the
redundant
X1
and
X2.
3. Fig.
2
shows
two
identical
horizontal
beams,
AB
and
CD,
at
right
angles
to
each
other
in
plan,
and
monolithically
connected
at
E,
corresponding
to
the
mid-span
locations
of
the
two
beams.
Assume
both
beams
to
have
the
same
span
L
=
5m
and
the
same
flexural
rigidity
EI
=
80
000
kNm2,
and
torsional
rigidity
GJ
=
0.2EI,
with
fixity
(restraints
against
flexure
and
torsion)
at
both
ends.
The
beam
AB
is
subject
to
a
concentrated
load
of
magnitude
P
kN,
acting
at
the
quarter-span
point
F,
as
shown.
a) Sketch
the
likely
shapes
(without
values)
of
the
shear
force,
bending
moment
and
twisting
moment
diagrams
of
AB
and
CD.
b) Hence,
appropriately
choose
grid
or
beam
elements
to
find
the
missing
values
in
the
above
SFD,
BMD
and
TMD,
by
the
Reduced
Element
Stiffness
Method.
[Hint:
Only
3
global
coordinates
are
required!]
P
kN
C
A
L/2
L/2
3
1
E
2
F
L/2
L/2
4
L/4
B
D
Fig.
2
EI
=
80
000kNm2
GJ
=
0.2
EI
L
=
5m