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A bar in the figure is under the uniformly distributed load q due to gravity. For a linear elastic material with Young’s modulus E and uniform cross-sectional area A, the governing differential equation can be written as
a. Starting from the above differential equation, derive an integral equation using the Galerkin method.
b. Write the expression of boundary conditions at
c. Derive the assembled finite element matrix equation, and solve it after applying boundary conditions.
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