An Analysis of The Effect of Different and Equal Temperature Variation on Variable Cross-Sectioned Beams

Abstract

In this work, the effect of equal or different temperature variations investigated for varying cross-sectioned plain element by employing matrix displacement methods. Necessary basic stiffness coefficients for stiffness matrices of frame elements and fixed end moments were obtained analytically and by using Romberg integration methods. Thus, use of table and charts is not needed. At the end of this work an example of varying cross-sectioned frame under equal and different temperature variation was solved by using a program which was prepared in BASIC language.