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    How to do Hilbert Transform in Matlab?

    Dear forum members, Do you know if it is possible to perform the Hilbert transform of simple function, say, f(t)=sin(t) in Matlab? Thanks so much.. Luke
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    Legend onto the line directly in Figure?

    Dear members, Is it possible, while drawing figures, to add a legend direclty onto the lines of a figure instead of having a seperate legend box. In other words, consider the following as curves/lines in a plot, is it possible to do -------P=2-------- .......P=3....... _______p=4_______ and...
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    Vibration of a Simple beam under compression?

    Thank you stressed.. I got it :P Luke
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    Axial load level as a percentage of Buckling load?

    Thank you guys for your replies, But I was just wondering about the ratio of the axial load present at that column (not the capacity of the column) to its buckling load. Thanks so much for your input :)
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    Vibration of a Simple beam under compression?

    Dear friends, How can I determine the transverse natural frequencies of simply supported beam under an axial compressive loading? When I apply the loading at supports, no changes in the freqeuncies occur beacuse, I guess, the beam does not feel it is under axial loading. Specifcally, how can I...
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    Axial load level as a percentage of Buckling load?

    Dear forum members, I would like to know the level of axial load of a column (or beam) in a concrete or steel frame at service conditions as a percentage of buckling load.(1%, 10%, 50% or what?) Any body has an idea? Pls help. Thanks very much. Luke
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    PushOver example?

    dear zer, thanks for your help but I know of that movie, it does not give any details of the analysis procedure. what I d like to learn are the essence of the Pushover and how you d perform for a simple RC structure, issues related with modeling the steel bars in the elements etc. Any...
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    PushOver example?

    Dear members, Does anyone have pushover examples performed using SAP2000 (ETABS or DRAIN2D)? Please help. Thanks so much. Luke
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    FEA course notes

    dear feadude, I am looking for college (undergrad or grad) FE course notes. dear TSG4 and GBor http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html did not work for me, as no course on FE there. There is a similar course but the course notes are taken by handwriting-namelly, hard to read & understand. Plz let me...
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    FEA course notes

    Dear members, Do u know of free course notes (or related materials) of FE or introduction to FE? Please help. Luke
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    How to define a rotational spring?

    Dear mmachado30, I appreciate your reply. Thank you. Luke
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    How to define a rotational spring?

    Dear forum members, I would like to model a local flexibility, caused by a crack on a beam, through a rotational spring. The spring has stiffness about Z axis only, the spring assumed to be fixed at other directions. To model this spring, what kind of element should I use? and what...
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    How to define a Timoshenko beam

    Dear Drej, The analytical work I have been doing is to drive the equation of motion of a Timosheko beam governing the transverse osccillation of the beam. Then imposing the initial conditions (support conditons), I try to find the modal response (frequencies, mode shapes etc.) I need to...
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    How to define a Timoshenko beam

    Dear Drej, I have been investigating the effects of shear def. and rotational inertia on the frequencies of a beam, that s why I need to use Timoshenko beam. I did some analytical work and got the results. However, the results seem incorrect and need to compare them with true/actual values. I...
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    How to define a Timoshenko beam

    Dear Claudio or drej, Thanks so much for your reply but I could not really understand this Ansys and have not been able to find the frequencies of a simple Timoshenko beam. I am also trying to find them by hand but the results are contradictory. I am realy desperate. Would you please find...

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