Output for Three-Span Beam Structure
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Title : DESCRIPTION OF FINITE ELEMENT MESH
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Profile of Problem Size
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Dimension of Problem = 2
Number Nodes = 4
Degrees of Freedom per node = 3
Max No Nodes Per Element = 2
Number Elements = 3
Number Element Attributes = 1
Number Loaded Nodes = 3
Number Loaded Elements = 0
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Node# X_coord Y_coord Tx Ty
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1 0.0000e+00 m 0.0000e+00 m -1 -2 -3
2 1.0000e+01 m 0.0000e+00 m 1 -4 2
3 2.0000e+01 m 0.0000e+00 m 3 -5 4
4 2.5000e+01 m 0.0000e+00 m 5 6 7
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Element# Type node[1] node[2] Element_Attr_Name
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1 FRAME_2D 1 2 beamelmt
2 FRAME_2D 2 3 beamelmt
3 FRAME_2D 3 4 beamelmt
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Element Attribute Data
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Element Attribute No 1 : name = "beamelmt"
: section = "beamsection"
: material = "beammaterial"
: type = FRAME_2D
: Young's Modulus = E = 2.000e+02 GPa
: Poisson's ratio = nu = 2.500e-01
: Inertia Izz = 6.600e-04 m^4
: Area = 4.260e-02 m^2
EXTERNAL NODAL LOADINGS
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Node# Fx (N) Fy (N) Mz (N.m)
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2 0.00 -15000.00 -4166.67
3 0.00 -10000.00 16666.67
4 0.00 -10.00 0.00
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Node Displacement
No displ-x displ-y rot-z
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units m m rad
1 0.00000e+00 0.00000e+00 0.00000e+00
2 0.00000e+00 0.00000e+00 1.35281e-04
3 0.00000e+00 0.00000e+00 -6.98954e-04
4 0.00000e+00 -6.65133e-03 -1.64592e-03
Member forces for Element 1
End 1 : Horizontal = -0 N
Vertical = 6071 N
Moment = 1.607e+04 N.m
End 2 : Horizontal = 0 N
Vertical = 3929 N
Moment = -5357 N.m
Member forces for Element 2
End 1 : Horizontal = -0 N
Vertical = 5536 N
Moment = 5357 N.m
End 2 : Horizontal = 0 N
Vertical = 1.446e+04 N
Moment = -5e+04 N.m
Member forces for Element 3
End 1 : Horizontal = -0 N
Vertical = 1e+04 N
Moment = 5e+04 N.m
End 2 : Horizontal = 0 N
Vertical = -1e+04 N
Moment = -2.91e-11 N.m
Support Reactions
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Support A : Vertical Reaction = 6.071 kN
Wall Moment = 16.07 kN.m
Support B : Vertical Reaction = 9.464 kN
Support C : Vertical Reaction = 24.46 kN
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Developed in March 1998 by Mark Austin
Last Modified March 3, 1998
Copyright © 1998, Mark Austin,
Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Maryland