how to solve Beam on elastic foundation equation

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MB S
MB S on 12 Feb 2020
Commented: MB S on 17 Feb 2020
Hi I want to solve the below equation of an infinite steel beam with a modulus of rigidity as 'EI' resting on an elastic foundation represented by springs with stiffness 'k' with MATLAB.
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the boundary conditions are zero displacement at extreme ends and zero slope under the load. Any help in this regards will be highly appreciated, thanks

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KSSV
KSSV on 12 Feb 2020
You can use symbolic calcultations. Like below:
syms E I k w(x)
eqn = E*I*diff(w,x,4)+k*w == 0 ;
sol = dsolve(eqn) ;
You can apply boundary conditions also. Refer more here:
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MB S
MB S on 17 Feb 2020
Dear KSSV! thank you so much for your prompt response, its very helping, but being a new user I don`t know much about applying the boundary conditions.

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