CHAPTER 14
TRUSS ANALYSIS USING THE STIFFNESS METHOD
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The space-truss analysis of electrical transmission towers can be performed using the stiffness method.
CHAPTER OBJECTIVE
- To show how to apply the stiffness method to determine the displacements and reactions at the joints of a truss.
14.1 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE STIFFNESS METHOD
There are essentially two ways in which structures can be analyzed using matrix methods. The stiffness method, to be used in this and the following chapters, is a displacement method. A force method, called the flexibility method, as outlined in Sec 9.2, can also be used; however, ...
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