CE50110
Homework # 2 (Flexibility Method of analysis)
Use flexibility method of analysis to:
1) A triangular frame was required to be built as shown below. It is a symmetric frame with both
members inclined at 45o from horizontal. The design engineer designed it as a determinate
frame. However, the bending moment demands in the frame members turned out to be very
high. The site engineer advised the design engineer to replace the roller support at C with a
pin support. How much reduction in the maximum bending moment demand would they
achieve by making this change? Members are made of ISMB200 sections (I = 2,235 cm 4, A =
32.3 cm2). Show all your calculations and compare your results with STAAD-Pro analysis.
[20 points]
B
L
2) Determine deflection at end B. The beam AB has a rectangular cross-section of 5 mm (width)
x 10 mm (depth). Elastic modulus of the beam is equal to 2x10 5 N/mm2. Ignore axial
deformations. Verify your results by comparing them with STAAD-Pro or other structural
analysis software. [20 points]
3) Determine the force in each member of this truss. AE is constant for all members. Verify
your results by comparing them with STAAD-Pro or other structural analysis software.
[20 points]
4) (i) Determine the vertical reaction at both supports in this beam. (ii) Describe and justify how
vertical reactions depend on the value of variable ‘n’. (iii) Had it been a simply supported
beam, explain how and why the value of ‘n’ would have affected the vertical reactions?
[20 points]
n.EI P
EI
pin
L/2 L/2
5) Calculate the stiffness terms corresponding to a unit rotation for this plane beam.
[20 points]
1 3
2 4
F14 F34
F24 F44
