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Element stiffness matrices are developed in local coordinates which are often not the same as the system coordinates of the structure. A typical example is when the elements of the structure have different inclinations. This requires a change of coordinates. We show in this chapter how congruent transformations accommodate such cases and several relevant ones.
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Fuchs, M.B. (2016). Change of Coordinates. In: Structures and Their Analysis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31081-7_16
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