FD Beam on Elastic Foundation 1 03/17/2017

BEAM ON ELASTIC (SPRING) FOUNDATION WITH UDL

FINITE DIFFERENCE SOLUTION

Beam length L 10 m basic central difference pattern [ 1 -4 6 -4 1]

Beam width B 1 m
Beam depth d 0.3 m modified by spring stiffness to [ 1 -4 (6+) -4 1]
No. intervals N 8 (fixed)
Step size h 1.25 m NB: adjust values in shaded cells only
Young's modulus E 20 GPa (including r.h.s. vector)
2nd moment of area I 0.002 m^4
Loading intensity q 200 kN/m/m
Subgrade modulus k 5000 kPa/m NB: q is a patch load over node 7 only
(= pressure/deflection) (200 kN/m/m x 1.25m = 250 kN/m)
q

load
# # # # # # # # # vector
x qBh^4/EI comments
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
-1 2 0 -2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 zero shear
0 1 -2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 zero moment
1 -4 6.271 -4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 general expression
0 1 -4 6.271 -4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 " " "
0 0 1 -4 6.271 -4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 " " "
0 0 0 1 -4 6.271 -4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 " " "
0 0 0 0 1 -4 6.271 -4 1 0 0 0 0 0 " " "
0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 6.271 -4 1 0 0 0 1 " " "
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 6.271 -4 1 0 0 0 " " "
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 6.271 -4 1 0 0 " " "
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -4 6.271 -4 1 0 " " "
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 1 0 0 zero moment
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0 -2 1 0 zero shear
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NB: non-zero coefficients in bold

coefficient matrix [A] -1 soln multipliers

2.712 7.168 3.712 2.257 0.082 -0.719 -0.788 -0.572 -0.304 -0.062 0.079 0.22 -0.079 -0.57194 qBh^4/EI = 0.010851
2.608 4.042 2.608 2.173 0.424 -0.33 -0.5 -0.409 -0.242 -0.076 0.039 0.155 -0.039 -0.40871
1.764 1.688 1.764 1.84 0.673 0.051 -0.187 -0.216 -0.159 -0.08 0 0.079 0 -0.21617 -EI/h^2 = -28800
0.92 0.333 0.92 1.506 0.923 0.433 0.126 -0.024 -0.075 -0.083 -0.04 0.003 0.04 -0.02363
0.337 -0.25 0.337 0.923 1.082 0.807 0.464 0.198 0.03 -0.075 -0.079 -0.083 0.079 0.19824 -EI/2h^3 = -11520
0.026 -0.381 0.026 0.433 0.807 1.05 0.819 0.485 0.198 -0.024 -0.108 -0.193 0.108 0.48515
-0.094 -0.313 -0.094 0.126 0.464 0.819 1.056 0.819 0.464 0.126 -0.094 -0.313 0.094 0.81906 EI/h^4 = 18432
-0.108 -0.193 -0.108 -0.024 0.198 0.485 0.819 1.05 0.807 0.433 0.026 -0.381 -0.026 1.05033
-0.079 -0.083 -0.079 -0.075 0.03 0.198 0.464 0.807 1.082 0.923 0.337 -0.25 -0.337 0.8071
-0.04 0.003 -0.04 -0.083 -0.075 -0.024 0.126 0.433 0.923 1.506 0.92 0.333 -0.92 0.43263 kBh^4/EI = 0.271267
0 0.079 0 -0.08 -0.159 -0.216 -0.187 0.051 0.673 1.84 1.764 1.688 -1.764 0.05121
0.039 0.155 0.039 -0.076 -0.242 -0.409 -0.5 -0.33 0.424 2.173 2.608 4.042 -2.608 -0.33021
0.079 0.22 0.079 -0.062 -0.304 -0.572 -0.788 -0.719 0.082 2.257 3.712 7.168 -2.712 -0.71858

x v M S w
(m) (mm) (kN-m) (kN) (kN/m)
-6.206
-4.435
0.00 -2.346 0 0 11.72794
1.25 -0.256 -9 -8.13106 1.281752
2.50 2.151 -20 -2.21019 -10.7551
3.75 5.264 -15 20.96248 -26.3211
5.00 8.887 32 65.18638 -44.4371
6.25 11.397 148 3.574514 143.0161
7.50 8.758 41 -58.4431 -43.788
8.75 4.694 2 -16.4059 -23.4714
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10.00 0.556 0 0 -2.77807

-3.583
-7.797
 disp

-4.000

-2.000

0.000
Displacement v (mm)

2.000

4.000

6.000

8.000

10.000

12.000
0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00
Distance along beam x (m)

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 moment

-40

-20

0
Bending moment M (kN-m)

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180
0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00
Distance along beam x (m)

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 shear

150

100

50
Shear force S (kN)

-50

-100

-150
0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00
Distance along beam x (m)

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