Flexibility Matrix: What & How to Use

[skaboy607]

What is a flexibility matrix and how do I use one?

Thanks

 

[Mapes]

In the context of solid mechanics, the flexibility matrix couples a load vector to a displacement vector. See, for example, McGuire's Matrix Structural Analysis.

 

[FredGarvin]

I have always heard it termed the stiffness matrix. Diffrent strokes...

 

[Mapes]

Of course, one's the inverse of the other, a la compliance vs. modulus.