Lesson October 16th

Lesson October 16th#

During today’s lesson you’ll work on a complex exercise on the topic of the Displacement method. Please ask your questions regarding the homework as well!

Exercise Displacement method#

Given the following structure. Use the horizontal displacement at \(\text{D}\) as the degree of freedom (β†’).

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  1. Find the relation of the normal force in \(\text{CD}\) in terms of the degree of freedom \(w_\text{D}\).

  2. Solve the value of the degree of freedom.

  3. Find the bending moment distribution.