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Tutorial Week 9 10 Virtual Work

The document provides 10 examples of using the method of virtual works to solve for displacements and slopes of beams and trusses. The examples range from determining the horizontal displacement of a joint on a truss to finding the slope of a point on a frame. All use given properties like the cross-sectional area, moment of inertia, Young's modulus, and apply the method of virtual works.

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Tutorial Week 9 10 Virtual Work

The document provides 10 examples of using the method of virtual works to solve for displacements and slopes of beams and trusses. The examples range from determining the horizontal displacement of a joint on a truss to finding the slope of a point on a frame. All use given properties like the cross-sectional area, moment of inertia, Young's modulus, and apply the method of virtual works.

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Tutorial (Method of Virtual Works)

1. Use the method of virtual work and determine the horizontal displacement of joint B of
the truss. Each steel member has a cross-sectional area of 300 mm2. E = 200 GPa.

(Ans: 1.50 mm ⃪)

2. Determine the horizontal displacement of joint B of the truss. Each member has a
cross-sectional area of 1800 mm2, E = 200 GPa. Use the method of virtual work.

(Ans: 1.01 mm →)
3. Determine the vertical displacement of point B. The cross-sectional area of each
member is indicated in the figure. Assume the members are pin-connected at their end
points. E = 200 GPa. Use the method of virtual work.

(Ans: 0.942 mm ↓)

4. Remove the loads on the truss shown in the figure below and determine the horizontal
displacement of point C if members AB and BC experience a temperature increase of
∆T = 100˚C. Take A = 1200 mm2 and E = 200 GPa. Also, α = (1.8)10-6/˚C.
5. Determine the displacement of point C of the beam having a moment of inertia of I =
20(106) mm4. Take E = 200 GPa.

(Ans: 11.25 mm ↓)

6. Use the method of virtual work and determine the slope at A of the beam made from
steel. E = 200 GPa, I = 100(106) mm4.

(Ans: 4.5 x 10-3 rad)

7. Determine the slope of point B of the steel beam shown in the figure below. Take E =
200 GPa, I = 60(106) mm4.

(Ans: 0.194 x 10-3 rad)


8. Use the method of virtual work and determine the horizontal deflection at C. EI is
constant. There is a pin at A. Assume C is a roller and B is a fixed joint.

(Ans: 9.62 kNm3 /EI →)

9. Use the method of virtual work and determine the vertical deflection at the rocker
support D. EI is constant.

(Ans: 59.4 kNm3 /EI ↓)


10. Determine the slope of point C on the frame. Take E = 200 GPa, I = 200(106) mm4.

(Ans: 0.00125 rad)

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