BEAMS ON ELASTIC FOUNDATION Under the guidance of Dr.M.V.RENUKA DEVI Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, RVCE By M.PRASANNA KUMAR (IRV13CSE05)INTRODUCTION * Beneath the foundation soil mass is considered as identical, independent, closely spaced, linearly elastic springs which is known as Winkler foundation. Bending of beams on an elastic foundation is developed on the assumption that the reaction forces of the foundation are proportional at every point to the deflection of the beam at that point . One of the most important deficiencies of the Winkler model is that a displacement discontinuity appears between the loaded and the unloaded part of the foundation surface. In reality, the soil surface does not show any discontinuity.Classification of beams: The beams on elastic foundation can be classified into three types * Short beams for which BL < 0.6 * Medium beams or semi-infinite beams for which 0.6< BL<5 * Long beams or infinite beams BL > 5 L= length of the beam