07-Str-B3
Worked solutions to 4 past sittings (2013–2017), 13 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
Questions by sitting
May 2017
- Question 1: Tapered bar element and a two-element bridge pier
- Question 2: Square frame under parting forces, bare and truss-braced
- Question 3: Q4 shape functions, plane-stress stiffness term, and a reinforced plate
May 2015
- Question 1: Ten Short-Answer Questions on Finite Element Theory
- Question 2: Two-Element Beam Model — Reactions and Internal Force Diagrams
- Question 3: Constant-Strain Triangle — Stiffness Block, Stress Field and Local Equilibrium
December 2013
- Question 1: Tapered bar modelled with constant-area elements
- Question 2: Plane elements — stress variation, compatibility and modelling choice
- Question 3: Beam element — shape functions, work-equivalent loads and the centre-node solve
May 2013
- Question 1: Copper rod in an aluminium sleeve — a two-bar model with an initial gap
- Question 2: Rhombic rigid-jointed frame — plane-frame elements, symmetry, and a diagonal tie
- Question 3: Constant-strain triangle in plane strain — element stresses and principal stresses
- Question 4: Four-node isoparametric element — strains at the centre and the zero-energy mode