Why zero values in matrix
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%hello, here eventhough matrix components are not zero, I am getting zero values when I put A a very large number. %Is there any way to avoid such?
E = 1;
I_z = 1;
%E_Iz = E*I_z;
R = 1;
L = R; %R
%A = 1;
A = 10^9; %so that axial strain is very small
% K1 = A*E/L;
% K2 = 12*E*I_z/L^3;
% K3= 6*E*I_z/L^2;
% K4 = 4*E*I_z/L;
% K5 = 2*E*I_z/L;
% for element 1
Ke_1_local = [A*E/L 0 0 -A*E/L 0 0;
0 12*E*I_z/L^3 6*E*I_z/L^2 0 -12*E*I_z/L^3 6*E*I_z/L^2;
0 6*E*I_z/L^2 4*E*I_z/L 0 -6*E*I_z/L^2 2*E*I_z/L;
-A*E/L 0 0 A*E/L 0 0;
0 -12*E*I_z/L^3 -6*E*I_z/L^2 0 12*E*I_z/L^3 -6*E*I_z/L^2;
0 6*E*I_z/L^2 2*E*I_z/L 0 -6*E*I_z/L^2 4*E*I_z/L ]
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Walter Roberson
on 30 Oct 2022
Edited: Walter Roberson
on 30 Oct 2022
you overlooked the 1.0e+09 * at the top of the display. Those 0.0000 are not true zeros, they are 1.0e+09 * a number that is 0.0000 to four decimal places.
I suggest that you give the command
format long g
and then ask to display the matrix
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Stephen23
on 30 Oct 2022
"I mean for example value at 2, 2 is zero right..."
No, it is not. If the value is exactly zero then MATLAB displays it as "0". The trailing zero digits of "0.0000" tell us that value is not exactly zero, but that the trailing digits are zero when displayed with four digits after the decimal point.
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