Question: 4. (Energy Methods) The truss shown in Fig. 4, is made of equilateral triangles with side length L and axial stiffness EA. Movable nodes

4. (Energy Methods) The truss shown in Fig. 4, is made of

4. (Energy Methods) The truss shown in Fig. 4, is made of equilateral triangles with side length L and axial stiffness EA. Movable nodes are numbered starting with j = 1 and the bars starting with i= 1. At a node j, assume there are applied horizontal and vertical external loads P; and Q; and the corresponding displacements u; and vj. 5 16 6 17 7 18 8 19 9 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 j 2 3 4 5 10 1 2 P Qj 4 Figure 4: A multi-bar truss for problem four. (a) Write the equilibrium equations at each node relating the member forces to the external forces. Arrange them in the matrix form, [B]{F} = {P}, where {F}: = A F P F2 Q1 {P} = F19 (b) Show that the complementary energy stored in the truss can be written as U* : L 2EA {F}{F} L [{P}'[C]{P},_where [C] = [DD, D=B 1-1 2EA (c) Using Castigliano's first theorem, show that 11 1 {0} = {P} where {u}= = U11 (d) Compute the matrix [C] and obtain 10 due to Q7 = 1; while all other loads are zero. (e) Finally, develop code in MATLAB to solve {u} for P; = 10 kN and Qj = 100 kN. Elements are 6061-Al with dimensions A = 0.001 m and L = 1 m.

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