• DocumentCode
    2508992
  • Title

    MATLAB-Based Calculation for Element Stiffness Matrix of Spatial Beam

  • Author

    Wenjun, Pan ; Zhiwu, Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Civil Eng. & Archit., Guangxi Univ. Technol., Liuzhou, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-19 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    166
  • Lastpage
    169
  • Abstract
    In order to solve the difficulties while computing the element stiffness matrix of spatial beam and to improve its computing efficiency, works were carried out by the capabilities symbolic and matrix operation of MATLAB. The element stiffness matrixes of spatial beam with shear effect considered or not were deduced and computed respectively, a part of source code for calculating these matrices were provided as well. Results show that MATLAB is very advantageous in the calculation of element stiffness matrix of space beam. It provides a new idea to compute the element stiffness matrix of spatial beam and other elements. Thus, it has a good theoretical and practical value in engineering.
  • Keywords
    beams (structures); elasticity; mathematics computing; mechanical engineering computing; MATLAB matrix operation; element stiffness matrix; spatial beam; Calculus; Electronic mail; Finite element methods; MATLAB; Presses; Strain; Stress; MATLAB; element stiffness matrix; spatial beam element; symbolic operation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Future Computer Sciences and Application (ICFCSA), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0317-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICFCSA.2011.45
  • Filename
    5968051