24. Element stiffness matrices

Direct Stiffness Method - Beam and Frame Analysis
1

Questions and discussion for this lecture live here. Fire away by hitting Reply below :fire:

2

Hi Dr. Sean,

Thank you for your explanation in this lecture.
I have a quick question in the phyton scripting.
I can see in the calculateKg you write MemberNo in the bracket, but
I cannot see whether you have defined it, and the code is working.
Can you clarify this?

Regards,
Avandi

3

Hi @Avandi_Novena,

The following line,

def calculateKg(memberNo):

is a function definition. In this code memberNo, represents the number that will be passed as an argument to the function when it is called, for example…

[K11, K12, K21,K22] = calculateKg(n+1)

So, when the function is called, n+1 is passed in as the memberNo.

I hope that helps to clarify - let me know if you still have questions.

Seán

4

Hi Dr. Sean,

Thank you for the reply. I understood with your explanation. Thanks.

Regards,
Avandi