5003 Lectures - Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

E5003 - Ship Structures I 118
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ANS: MA= 166667 N-m, MB = 83333N-m ∆B = -.2082m
11.5. Stiffness method .
sketch a 2D beam and show the degrees of freedom.
Describe the meaning of the terms (any, all) in the 6x6 stiffness matrix for a 2D
beam, and give 2 examples.
11.6. Explain the difference between the “Force” method, and the “Displacement” method.
11.7. In the stiffness method for a 2D beam, the standard value for the k22 stiffness term is;