Remark (extra slides)

Chew T S MA1506-14 Chapter 2 1

4
4
d y
EI
dx

=
(0) 0 y = '(0) 0 y =
(2)
( ) 0 y L =
(3)
( ) 0 y L =
Can we solve the above ODE by the method of
undetermined coeff ?
First consider
4
4
0
d y
dx
= auxiliary eq is
4
0 =
Only one root 0 =
Hence four linearly indep solns for above homo eq is
0
1
x
e =
1 x 1 x x 1 x x x
i.e.,
2 3
1, , , x x x
Chew T S MA1506-14 Chapter 2 2
The general soln for homog ODE
4
4
0
d y
dx
=
is
2 3
h
y A Bx Cx Dx = + + +
What is a particular soln for
4
4
d y
EI
dx

=
p
y G =
no
p
y xG = no
2
p
y x G =
no
3
p
y x G = no
4
p
y x G =
A particular soln is
Susb this into nonhomo eq, get
4
24
p
y x
EI

=
Now subst
2 3 4
24
y A Bx Cx Dx x
EI

= + + +
into the given ODE , we get A,B,C,D