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The truss structure shown in the figure supports a force F. The finite element method is used to analyze this structure using two truss elements as shown in the figure. The cross- sectional area for both elements is
a. Compute the transformation matrix [T] for element 2 that enables you to transform between global and local coordinates (as shown in equation below).
b. It is determined after solving the final equations that the displacement components of the node 1 are:
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