Frame 6: Lateral Force Applied

This is the frame of example frame-6 with a lateral force applied at node B. From this we will compute the lateral stiffness and compare it with the same frame having an applied displacement at the same node. (Note, they compare equal to 14 significant figures).



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from Frame2D import Frame2D
from IPython import display
display.SVG('data/frame-6-sidesway-force.d/frame-6-sidesway-force.svg')









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f = Frame2D('frame-6-sidesway-force')
f.input_all()
f.print_input()
R = f.solve()
f.print_results(rs=R)









    



Frame frame-6-sidesway-force:
=============================


              # of nodal degrees of freedom: 12
  # of constrained nodal degrees of freedom: 5
# of unconstrained nodal degrees of freedom: 7  (= degree of kinematic indeterminacy)

                               # of members: 3
                             # of reactions: 5
                                 # of nodes: 4
                            # of conditions: 0
           degree of statical indeterminacy: 2



Nodes:
======

Node          X         Y  Constraints  DOF #s
----      -----     -----  -----------  ------
A             0         0  FX,FY,MZ     7,8,9
B             0      4000               0,1,2
C          8000      4000               3,4,5
D          8000         0  FX,FY        10,11,6



Members:
========

Member   Node-J  Node-K    Length       dcx       dcy  Size                Ix           A  Releases
------   ------  ------    ------   -------   -------  --------      --------       -----  --------
AB       A       B         4000.0   0.00000   1.00000  W310x97       2.22e+08       12300  
BC       B       C         8000.0   1.00000   0.00000  W460x106      4.88e+08       13500  
DC       D       C         4000.0   0.00000   1.00000                2.22e+08       12300  



Node Loads:
===========

Type      Node      FX          FY          MZ
----      ----  ----------  ----------  ----------
wind      B        -100000           0           0

Member Loads:
=============

 - - - none - - -

Support Displacements:
======================

 - - - none - - -

Load Combinations:
==================

Case   Type      Factor
-----  ----      ------
one    wind        1.00
all    wind        1.00

Results for load case: all
++++++++++++++++++++++++++


Node Displacements:
===================

Node        DX         DY      Rotation
----      ------     ------   ---------
A          0.000      0.000   0.0000000
B        -13.883     -0.045   0.0022983
C        -13.815      0.045   0.0007278
D          0.000      0.000   0.0048169

Reactions:
==========

Node        FX         FY         MZ  
----     -------    -------    -------
A         77.306     27.485   -180.123
D         22.694    -27.485      --   

Member End Forces:
==================

          /----- Axial -----/   /----- Shear -----/   /----- Moment ----/
Member       FX J       FX K       FY J       FY K       MZ J       MZ K
------     -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------
AB          27.485    -27.485    -77.306     77.306   -180.123   -129.099
BC         -22.694     22.694     27.485    -27.485    129.099     90.778
DC         -27.485     27.485    -22.694     22.694      0.000    -90.778

Lateral Stiffness

Now compute the lateral stiffness, in N/mm, of the frame at node B.



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R.node_displacements[0,0]   # lateral displacement









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-13.882641121915128



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100000./R.node_displacements[0,0]   # lateral stiffness









    Out[4]:





-7203.240300013234



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