The stress analysis of a shear wall with matrix displacement method using rectangular finite element

The aim in this study is to numerically present some characteristic features of the rectangular finite elementusing the matrix displacement method and to show the utility of this element in plane stress problemscompared to the finite element method. The paper consisted of three parts. In the first part, all of the finiteelement formulation steps from choosing the convenient coordinate system to creating element stiffnessmatrix are presented respectively. In the second part of the study, a static finite element analysis of the shearwall is also made by ANSYS Mechanical APDL. In the final part, the results (displacements, strains andstresses) obtained from the previous parts are compared with each other by the help of tables and graphics.The results show that this method is effective and preferable for the stress analysis of shell structures. Furtherstudies should be conducted in order to indicate the efficiency of the matrix displacement method for thesolution of different types of plane stress problems using different finite elements.