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The free body diagram to the right was given for the problem.
Solve 2-element frame system using same data for 2-bar truss system.
Solve 2-element truss system.
A basic form is shown below:
Equations derived from stiffness equations:
Globle stiffness equation is shown below:
Q matrix is shown below:
Force matrix is show below:
Matrix for the system is shown below:
The reduced stiffness is
To solve for the displacements
After matrix math.
After solving for the forces the result is
Below is a figure of the new deformed frame plotted with the undeformed frame.