ONE DIMENSIONAL PROBLEM:

BAR ELEMENT:
Shape Function:
,
Weighted Integral statement:

Element stiffness matrix:

FEA equation:

Force vector due to self weight:

Temperature effect:

Stress:

Governing equations:

Trusses:
Stiffness matrix:
lm

lm
-lm

-lm
-lm
-

Where
l=

m=

FEA Equation
U
Stress:

-lm
lm
lm