NAME OF STUDENT: MOHAMMAD ZAKWAN BIN ZULKIFLI

GROUP: PEC2216B1
DATE: 3-10-2017

CES 513/512 SUPPLEMENTARY LAB SHEET DOCUMENT (LAB 3)

INSTRUCTIONS:

• THIS SUPPLEMENTARY LAB SHEET MUST BE READ WITH THE LAB MANUAL
BEFORE THE LAB ACTIVITIES
• STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO WRITE THEIR SCRIPTS, PLOTTED GRAPH AND
SOLUTIONS IN THIS LAB SHEET. CONVERT YOUR DOCUMENTS TO PDF
FORMAT BEFORE EMAIL IT TO YOUR CORRESPONDING LECTURER)

PROBLEM 1

Figure Q1 shows a linearly increasing load of 1.75 kN/cm acting on a beam with
span of 450 cm. The equation of the resulting beam’s deflection, y, is given in
Equation (1) as follows;

W=1.75 kN/cm

L=450 cm

Figure Q1

Equation (1)

It is noted that EI is the beam flexural rigidity and it is given as E = 50000 kN/cm 2 and
I = 30000 cm4 respectively.
a) Using graph plotted by MATLAB, estimate the distance(s) on the beam, x, so
that the beam bending moment, M, is equals to 2 × 106𝑘𝑁𝑐𝑚. Given that 𝑀 =

W = 1.75; L = 450;
fplot(@(x) 2e6-(W/120)*(12*L^2*x - 20*x^3),[0,450],'k')
hold on
fplot(@(x) 0,[0,450],'r')
b) Using the Bisection Method algorithm learned in the lecture session, write a
MATLAB script (complete with suitable comment lines) on estimating the
distance(s) of x giving bending moment, M, equals to 2 × 106𝑘𝑁𝑐𝑚. . Report
the solution according the following format and the absolute relative error must
be less than 0.5%. Select your own lower and upper limit of the guessed root.

Iteration xL xU xM f(xm) epsilon

eps_s =0.001 eps_a

=200

L=450 ; W=1.75

XL=305 XU=350 m=@(x)2e6-

(W/120)*(12*L^2*x-20*x^3) mxu= m(XU)

mxl= m(XL) sign_changes = m(XU)*m(XL)

if sign_changes <0

disp('A root lies inside [xl,xu]') xr=(XL+XU)/2;

else

disp('No root in [xl.xu]') disp('Then

script will ended')

return

end

i=1; while

(eps_a>eps_s)

xrold=xr;

xr=(XL+XU)/2;

mxu=m(XU); mxr=m(xr);

sign_changes2=mxu*mxr;

if (sign_changes2<0)
 XL=xr;xrnew=(XL+XU)/2;

else

XU=xr;

xrnew=(XL+XU)/2;

end eps_a=abs((xrnew-xrold)/xrnew)*100;

i=1+i; disp([i XL XU xr m(xr)

eps_a]) end

solution:

eps_s =

1.0000e-03

eps_a =

200

W=

1.7500
XL =

305

XU =

350

m=

@(x)2e6-
(W/120)*(12*L^2*x-
20*x^3)

mxu =

2.1021e+06
mxl =

-5.3309e+05

sign_changes =

-1.1206e+12

A root lies inside [xl,xu]

1.0e+05 *

Columns 1 through 4

0.0000 0.0031
0.0033 0.0033

Columns 5 through 6
 6.3943 0.0000

1.0e+04 *

Columns 1 through 4

0.0003 0.0305
0.0316 0.0316

Columns 5 through 6

1.8146 0.0005

1.0e+05 *

Columns 1 through 4

0.0000 0.0031
0.0032 0.0031
 Columns 5 through 6

-2.6607 0.0000

1.0e+05 *

Columns 1 through 4

0.0001 0.0031
0.0032 0.0031

Columns 5 through 6

-1.2613 0.0000

1.0e+04 *

Columns 1 through 4

0.0006 0.0315
0.0316 0.0315
 Columns 5 through 6

-5.4538 0.0001

1.0e+04 *

Columns 1 through 4

0.0007 0.0316
0.0316 0.0316

Columns 5 through 6

-1.8332 0.0000

Columns 1 through 4

8.0000 315.8984
316.2500 315.8984
 Columns 5 through 6

-127.2823 0.1668

1.0e+03 *

Columns 1 through 4

0.0090 0.3159
0.3161 0.3161

Columns 5 through 6

9.0009 0.0000

1.0e+03 *

Columns 1 through 4

0.0100 0.3159
0.3160 0.3160
 Columns 5 through 6

4.4346 0.0000

1.0e+03 *

Columns 1 through 4

0.0110 0.3159
0.3159 0.3159

Columns 5 through 6

2.1531 0.0000

1.0e+03 *

Columns 1 through 4

0.0120 0.3159
0.3159 0.3159

Columns 5 through 6

1.0128 0.0000

Columns 1 through 4

13.0000 315.8984
315.9094 315.9094

Columns 5 through 6

442.7255 0.0052

Columns 1 through 4

14.0000 315.8984
315.9039 315.9039

Columns 5 through 6
 157.7132 0.0026

Columns 1 through 4

15.0000 315.8984
315.9012 315.9012

Columns 5 through 6

15.2134 0.0013

Columns 1 through 4

16.0000 315.8998
315.9012 315.8998

Columns 5 through 6

-56.0350 0.0002
c) Determine analytically the theoretical solution of x correct to 6 decimal points.
Using MATLAB, compute the absolute true error of the estimated x from b).

m = @(x) 2e6-(1.75/120)*(12*450^2*x - 20*x^3);

format long g solution1 = fzero(m,60)

solution2 = fzero(m,315)

Solution:

solution1 = 58.0471711584301
solution2 = 315.900890850594