The engineering department has developed the following equation for the bending moment of a beam and you have asked to investigate its behaviour M(x)=x²-3x² - 4 The Beam is 4m long and the design team suspect the is problem if the bending moment is zero in the range between 3-4m and you have been asked to a) Plot the bending moment at 0.5m interval for the range 0≤x≤4m 0≤x≤4 and determine if the bending moment is zero in range 3m ≤ x ≤ 4m b) Use the graph to estimate where the bending moment is zero c) Use the bisection method to numerically estimate the exact location where the bending moment is zero

The engineering department has developed the following equation for the bending moment of a beam and you have asked to investigate its behaviour M(x)=x²-3x² - 4 The Beam is 4m long and the design team suspect the is problem if the bending moment is zero in the range between 3-4m and you have been asked to a) Plot the bending moment at 0.5m interval for the range 0≤x≤4m 0≤x≤4 and determine if the bending moment is zero in range 3m ≤ x ≤ 4m b) Use the graph to estimate where the bending moment is zero c) Use the bisection method to numerically estimate the exact location where the bending moment is zero

Structural Analysis

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337630931

Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Publisher:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

Chapter2: Loads On Structures

Section: Chapter Questions

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