{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Chapter 13: Principle of Virtual Work" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Example 13.1: Application_of_Principle_of_Virtual_Work.sce" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": true }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "// Initilization of variables\n", "W=1000 // N // weight to be raised\n", "// Calculations\n", "// From the Principle of virtual work,\n", "P=W/2 // N\n", "// Results\n", "clc\n", "printf('The value of force (i.e P) that can hold the system in equilibrium is %f N \n',P)" ] } , { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Example 13.7: Application_of_Principle_of_Virtual_Work.sce" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": true }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "// Initilization of variables\n", "P=1000 // N // Force acting at the hinge of the 1st square\n", "Q=1000 // N // Force acting at the hinge of the 2nd square\n", "// Calculations\n", "// Chosing the co-ordinate system with originat A, we can write,\n", "theta=45 // degree\n", "// Forces that do work are P,Q & X_B. Applying the principle of virtual work & Simplyfying and solving for X_B,\n", "X_B=((2*P)/6)*(cosd(theta)/sind(theta)) // N \n", "// Now give a virtual angular displacement to the whole frame about end A such that line AB turns by an angle delta_phi.\n", "// The force doing work are P,Q&Y_B.Applying the principle of virtual work & Simplyfying this eq'n and solving for Y_B,\n", "Y_B=((3*Q)+P)/6 // N\n", "// Simply by removing the support at A & replacing it by the reactions X_A & Y_A we can obtain,\n", "X_A=X_B // N\n", "Y_A=P+Q-Y_B // N\n", "// Results\n", "clc\n", "printf('The Horizontal component of reaction at A (X_A) is %f N \n',X_A)\n", "printf('The Vertical component of reaction at A (Y_A) is %f N \n',Y_A)\n", "printf('The Horizontal component of reaction at B (X_B) is %f N \n',X_B)\n", "printf('The Vertical component of reaction at B (Y_B) is %f N \n',Y_B)" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Scilab", "language": "scilab", "name": "scilab" }, "language_info": { "file_extension": ".sce", "help_links": [ { "text": "MetaKernel Magics", "url": "https://github.com/calysto/metakernel/blob/master/metakernel/magics/README.md" } ], "mimetype": "text/x-octave", "name": "scilab", "version": "0.7.1" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }