calculate deflection and shear force diagram and bending moment diagram for beam fixed by two support in matlab

main.m
% Define the beam properties
L = 5; % Length of the beam (in meters)
P = 10; % Load applied at a distance 'a' from support 1 (in kN)
a = 2; % Distance of the point load from support 1 (in meters)
E = 200 * 10^9; % Young's Modulus of the material (in Pa)
I = 4 * 10^-6; % Area moment of inertia of the beam (in meters^4)

% Create a vector representing the length of the beam
x = 0:0.01:L;

% Calculate the reactions at the supports
Ra = (P*a) / L;
Rb = P - Ra;

% Calculate the shear force (V) and bending moment (M) along the beam length
V = zeros(size(x));
M = zeros(size(x));

for i = 1:length(x)
    if x(i) < a
        V(i) = Ra;
        M(i) = Ra * x(i);
    else
        V(i) = Ra - P;
        M(i) = Ra * x(i) - P * (x(i) - a);
    end
end

% Plot the Shear Force diagram
figure;
plot(x,V,'r-','LineWidth',1.5);
grid on;
xlabel('Beam Length (m)');
ylabel('Shear Force (kN)');
title('Shear Force Diagram');

% Plot the Bending Moment diagram
figure;
plot(x,M,'b-','LineWidth',1.5);
grid on;
xlabel('Beam Length (m)');
ylabel('Bending Moment (kN.m)');
title('Bending Moment Diagram');
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This MATLAB code calculates the shear force and bending moment diagrams for a beam fixed by two supports subjected to a point load. The beam properties such as length, point load magnitude, distance of the point load from one support, material properties, and area moment of inertia need to be defined. The code then calculates the reactions at the supports and computes the shear force and bending moment at different points along the beam length. Finally, it plots the shear force diagram and bending moment diagram for visualization.

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