Question: Use two equal two - node Euler - Bernoulli beam finite elements to analyze the beam problem shown in the figure below: For the shown

Use two equal two-node Euler-Bernoulli beam finite elements to analyze the beam problem shown in the figure below:
For the shown distributed loading, the corresponding element force vector for a typical element is given in the textbook (Example 5.2.1, p.248):
{fe}=q0he12{[6],[-he],[6],[he]}+q0he60L{[-(9he+30xe)],[he(2he+5xe)],[-(21he+30xe)],[-he(3he+5xe)]}
where q0 is the starting value of the distributed loading at x=0,he is the element size, L is the total length of the beam, xe(also called xA in our class) is the left-end coordinate of the element.
Do the following:
(a) Determine the element equations
(b) Assemble the global equations.
(c) Apply BCs/constrains and point sources to the global equations.
(d) Determine the condensed equations for the unknown primary variable nodal values and solve the equations.
(e) Do postprocessing to determine the bending moment at x=3m(note x=0 is at the left end of the beam).
Use two equal two - node Euler - Bernoulli beam

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