Converting 2D Finite Element Code to 1D in MATLAB: Experience and Help Needed

[dede111]

I need to convert a 2D code to 1D for a simply supported beam using matlab.
Does anyone have any experience regarding to this?

 

[swraman]

what exactly are you trying to do? I am not too clear...

 

[dede111]

I have a code for a simply supported beam in 2D which needs to be converted to 1D

More info in the attachments

 

[dede111]

Here's the main file, dispvalues and boundary conditions of the 2D programs which need to be converted to 1D

The beam has been posted above.

Hoping for a quick reaction, I only have a few days left.

 

[minger]

I'm not going to open your files, but why not just use the 2D code, and make the second dimension one?

 

[dede111]

I don't have any experience using matlab, I just got enrolled in this class, cause I followed other classes at the same time, which are finished now

 

[minger]

Well, at some point there should be a file that contains loads and constants, etc. If the code is 2D, which I am really, really assuming that it's quasi-2D, meaning that it treats the second dimension as just a thickness; a constant.

Basically, just set the beam depth, to 1. 1 whatever units you're using. Then, the load gets multiplied by 1, and the stresses get divided by 1. Your answer will be the same as if it were 1D.

 

[dede111]

At school I heared a stiffness matrix should be inserted and the boundary conditions and dispvalues should be different?

 

[sinohe78]

i need a code for solving 2D frame in MATLAB , pleasezzz help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee