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

You can analyze and visualize the shear force diagram, bending moment diagram, and deflection of a beam fixed by two supports in MATLAB by following these steps:

  1. Define the properties of the beam such as length, material properties, and loading conditions.
  2. Use the symbolic math toolbox in MATLAB to calculate the reactions at the supports, shear force, bending moment, and deflection equations for the beam.
  3. Use the equations obtained to plot the shear force diagram, bending moment diagram, and deflection curve.

Here is an example code snippet to get you started:

main.m
% Define properties of the beam
L = 5; % Beam length in meters
E = 200e9; % Young's modulus in Pa
I = 2e-4; % Area moment of inertia in m^4
w = 10; % Distributed load in N/m

% Calculate reactions at the supports
syms R1 R2;
eq1 = R1 + R2 - w*L == 0;
eq2 = R1*L/2 - w*L^2/2 - R2*L == 0;
sol = solve([eq1, eq2], [R1, R2]);

R1 = sol.R1;
R2 = sol.R2;

% Shear force and bending moment equations
x = 0:0.01:L;
V = R1 - w*x;
M = R1*x - w*x.^2/2;

% Deflection equation (assuming a point load at the center of the beam)
syms x1;
delta = (w/(24*E*I)) * (x1^3 - 4*L*x1^2 + 6*L^2*x1);

% Plotting the diagrams and deflection curve
figure;
subplot(3,1,1);
plot(x, V, 'r', 'LineWidth', 2);
xlabel('Position (m)');
ylabel('Shear Force (N)');
title('Shear Force Diagram');

subplot(3,1,2);
plot(x, M, 'b', 'LineWidth', 2);
xlabel('Position (m)');
ylabel('Bending Moment (Nm)');
title('Bending Moment Diagram');

subplot(3,1,3);
x1_val = 0:0.01:L;
delta_val = subs(delta, x1, x1_val);
plot(x1_val, delta_val, 'g', 'LineWidth', 2);
xlabel('Position (m)');
ylabel('Deflection (m)');
title('Deflection Curve');
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Make sure to customize the code according to your specific beam properties and loading conditions. You can further refine the code by considering different loading types, boundary conditions, and beam geometries.

Remember to replace the symbolic variable x1 in the deflection curve equation with the appropriate variable depending on your beam geometry and loading conditions.

This code will help you visualize the shear force diagram, bending moment diagram, and deflection curve for a beam fixed by two supports using MATLAB.

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