Programming for solving plane rigid frame based on MATLAB

Abstract

Based on the idea of the matrix displacement method, this paper designs a program which can be used to solve the internal force of the continuous beam and rigid frame with MATLAB. It mainly demonstrates how to design a program to realize the matrix displacement method with MATLAB. In addition, some techniques are included in order to realize the correspondence between the manual calculation and the computer calculation, such as “Using lambda to locate”, “Crossing out rows and columns” and visual design. Therefore, based on the structural mechanics, combined with the principle of matrix displacement method, this paper shows the whole process from inputting the information of the rigid frame to solving the internal force of the rigid frame to outputting the bending moment diagram using MATLAB as the programming tool.

Keywords

• matlab
• matrix displacement method
• structural numerical simulation
• plane bar structure