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Exercise 2 - Spring Elements FEM

This document contains instructions for solving two spring mechanics problems. The first problem asks to determine nodal displacements and element forces for a spring system with four nodes and three springs. The second problem involves a nonlinear spring with a force proportional to the square of the displacement, and asks to find the equilibrium displacement and total potential energy.

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Exercise 2 - Spring Elements FEM

This document contains instructions for solving two spring mechanics problems. The first problem asks to determine nodal displacements and element forces for a spring system with four nodes and three springs. The second problem involves a nonlinear spring with a force proportional to the square of the displacement, and asks to find the equilibrium displacement and total potential energy.

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Exercise 2: SPRING ELEMENT

1)

For the spring assemblage shown in Figure 1, determine the


a) Nodal displacements.
b)
Forces in each element and the reactions

200
kN/m

3
3
3

5 kN
400 kN/m

5 kN

200
kN/m

Figure 1

2) The nonlinear spring in Figure 2 has the force/deformation relationship

f =k 2 . Determine
a) the equilibrium value of displacement
b) total potential energy of the spring

Figure 2

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