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Thus,
k u
w
=
p u
(7.65b)
as is given in Eq. (7.59).
EXAMPLE 7.7 Beam with Linearly Varying Loading
Consider again the fixed-hinged beam of Fig. 7.1.
Use the single parameter polynomial approximation that was derived in Example 7.1
(
m
=
1
)
2
3
4
w =
N u
)w
1 (1)
As noted in Example 7.1, this satisfies all of the boundary conditions. Galerkin's relationship
of Eq. (7.65) in terms of
w
= (
3
ξ
5
ξ
+
2
ξ
ξ
appears as
L
EI N u N i u dx
p 0 L
=
N u dx
0 (
ξ)
w
1
0
w T
δ
(2)
0
k u
p u
Introducing N i u =
/
L 4 .
48
1
0 δw
1
0 δw
48
L 4 EI
2
3
4
2
3
4
(
3
ξ
5
ξ
+
2
ξ
)w
1 Ld
ξ
1 p 0
(
1
ξ)(
3
ξ
5
ξ
+
2
ξ
)
Ld
ξ =
0
(3)
1
leads to
p 0 L 4
108 EI
48 EI
L 3
3
20 w
1
15 p 0 L
·
=
or
w
=
1
1
Finally, the approximate deflection is
p 0 L 4
108 EI (
2
3
4
w =
3
ξ
5
ξ
+
2
ξ
)
(4)
Let's continue this problem by using an assumed deflection with two terms
(
m
=
2
).
Introduce
2
3
4
2
3
4
5
w = w
(
3
ξ
5
ξ
+
2
ξ
)
+ w
+ ξ
4
ξ
+
2
ξ
)
1
2
(5)
N u 1
N u 2
Note that all boundary conditions are still satisfied. We proceed to establish Galerkin's
condition (2) with N u =
[ N u 1
N u 2 ] ,
w
=
[
w 1 w 2 ] T
.
The matrices k u and p u are found to be
3
2
3
4
ξ
5
ξ
+
2
ξ
L 4 1
[48
96
+
240
ξ
]
Ld
ξ
EI
2
3
4
5
ξ
+ ξ
4
ξ
+
2
ξ
k u
=
N i u
0
N u
L 3 7
.
25
.
6
EI
=
(6)
5
.
65
.
3714
p 0 L 0
.
06
p u =
(7)
0
.
0476
Finally, k u
w
=
p u gives
w
0
p 0 L 4
EI
.
0125
1
w
=
=
(8)
w
0
.
00417
2
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