INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND - Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2013

Pages: 71-81

Date of Publication: 06-Jan-2013

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FINITE ELEMENT APPROACH TO THE SOLUTION OF FOURTH ORDER BEAM EQUATION:

Author: Oduor Michael E. Okoya T. J. O. Aminer* Hagai Amakobe James Nthiiri Joyce Kagendo

Category: Engineering, Science and Mathematics

Abstract:

Finite element method is a class of mathematical tool which approximates solutions to initial and
boundary value problems. Finite element, basic functions, stiffness matrices,systems of ordinary
differential equations and hence approximate solutions of partial differential equations which
involves rendering the partial differential equation into system of ordinary differential equations.
The ordinary differential equations are then numerically integrated.

Keywords: beam equation, finite element, approximation functions, stiffness matrix