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The second step in skyline approach is assembling the element stiffness values into _____

(a) Row vector

(b) Identity vector

(c) Column vector

(d) Determinant vector

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Question is taken from Assembly of Global Stiffness Matrix for the Banded & Skyline Solutions topic in portion Trusses of Finite Element Method

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The correct choice is (c) Column vector

Best explanation: Skyline assembly matrix scheme of form of sparse matrix that reduces the storage requirement of a matrix than banded approach. The second step in skyline approach is assembling the element stiffness values into column vector.

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