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Khamul
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Hello everyone, as the thread title implies, I'm in a bit of a bind when it comes to understanding the Moment Distribution Method for displacement methods of analysis.
In particular, I am having a lot of trouble in determining Stiffness Factors. I have attempted to browse my book and online for clarification, but I feel like every source I look at contradicts the other.
For example...page two and page three of this pdf:
http://www.sut.ac.th/engineering/civil/courseonline/430332/pdf/04_MomentDistribution.pdf
It states that if the far end member is fixed, then the stiffness factor, K, is K=4EI/L. Okay.
But page 4 of this pdf then goes on to state that K(ab) = 3EI/L, even though the far end D on this is fixed.
Could someone please help me make sense of this? :(
In particular, I am having a lot of trouble in determining Stiffness Factors. I have attempted to browse my book and online for clarification, but I feel like every source I look at contradicts the other.
For example...page two and page three of this pdf:
http://www.sut.ac.th/engineering/civil/courseonline/430332/pdf/04_MomentDistribution.pdf
It states that if the far end member is fixed, then the stiffness factor, K, is K=4EI/L. Okay.
But page 4 of this pdf then goes on to state that K(ab) = 3EI/L, even though the far end D on this is fixed.
Could someone please help me make sense of this? :(
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