Technological Institute of the Philippines – Manila

College of Engineering and Architecture

Department of Civil Engineering

CE 504 – Structural Matrix Analysis

Surname: First Name: M.I.:
Time: Day: Section:
Instructor:

Instruction:
1. Write your answers only within the space provided
2. Attach your solutions for computations for every element of each matrix and show units analysis
3. Your attached solution must have an imaginary borderline of 0.5inch from the edge of your paper.
4. Use Blue ink pens only
5. Pencil and any other erasable writing pens are not allowed
6. Submit this promptly, maximum points for late submissions is 10% only
7. Write legibly, No erasures allowed
8. All answers must be unified in units (for this problem in & kips)
9. No credit for not following instructions

Redraw below the Truss depicting the axes designation implied in the member matrices on the next
page.

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 Technological Institute of the Philippines – Manila
College of Engineering and Architecture
Department of Civil Engineering

CE 504 – Structural Matrix Analysis

Write Member-1 Stiffness Matrix (attach your computation for each element of this matrix):

Q1 D1

Q2 D2
=
Q3 D3

Q4 D4

Write Member-2 Stiffness Matrix (attach your computation for each element of this matrix):

Q3 D3

Q4 D4
=
Q5 D5

Q6 D6

Write Member-3 Stiffness Matrix (attach your computation for each element of this matrix):

Q3 D3

Q4 D4
=
Q7 D7

Q8 D8

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 Technological Institute of the Philippines – Manila
College of Engineering and Architecture
Department of Civil Engineering

CE 504 – Structural Matrix Analysis

Write Member-4 Stiffness Matrix (attach your computation for each element of this matrix):

Q1 D1

Q2 D2
=
Q7 D7

Q8 D8

Write Member-5 Stiffness Matrix (attach your computation for each element of this matrix):

Q5 D5

Q6 D6
=
Q7 D7

Q8 D8

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 Technological Institute of the Philippines – Manila
College of Engineering and Architecture
Department of Civil Engineering

CE 504 – Structural Matrix Analysis

Compose the Global Stiffness Matrix

Q1 D1

Q2 D2

Q3 D3
=
Q4 D4

Q5 D5

Q6 D6

Q7 D7

Q8 D8

Compose below the reduced and regrouped global matrix

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 Technological Institute of the Philippines – Manila
College of Engineering and Architecture
Department of Civil Engineering

CE 504 – Structural Matrix Analysis

Write below the displacement and forces on each node, and attach your solutions for solving the augmented
global matrix.

Q1= D1=

Q2= D2=

Q3= D3=

Q4= D4=

Q5= D5=

Q6= D6=

Q7= D7=

Q8= D8=

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