Report a QuestionPlease email hello@efficientengineer.com. Question 75 Mechanics of Materials | Finite Element Method | difficulty level 2In the finite element method, how does the size of the element stiffness matrix change with respect to the number of nodes in the element? It decreases proportionally with the number of nodes It increases proportionally with the number of nodes It remains constant regardless of the number of nodes It depends on the material properties, not the number of nodes Report this questionExplanationThe size of the stiffness matrix is determined by the number of degrees of freedom (DOFs) associated with the element. Each node has a certain number of DOFs depending on the type of analysis. Thus, as the number of nodes in an element increases, the number of DOFs and hence the size of the stiffness matrix increase.Your Results Restart with New Questions Change Quiz Settings Review the Questions
