Question: Can you solve this using matlab For the fixed - fixed beam subjected to the linear varying distributed loading acting over the whole beam shown

Can you solve this using matlab
For the fixed-fixed beam subjected to the linear varying distributed loading acting over the whole beam shown in Figure 4-29(a) determine the displacement and rotation at the center and the reactions.
Solution:
The beam is now modeled using two elements with nodes 1,2, and 3 and the distributed load is replaced as shown in Figure 4-29(b) using the appropriate load cases 4 and 5 in Appendix D. Note that load case 5 is used for element one as it has only the linear varying distributed load acting on it with a high end value of w2 as shown in Figure 4-29(a), while both load cases 4 and 5 are used for element two as the distributed load is divided into a uniform part with magnitude w2 and a linear varying part with magnitude at the high end of the load equal to w2 also.
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Figure 4-29(a) Fixed-fixed beam subjected to linear varying line load and (b) the equivalent nodal force replacement system
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