% Program to solve toy beam % bending problem % Author: Anonymous % Date: circa 2010 %Clear everything clear all; %Clear all variables from the workspace clc; %Clear command window %Calculate reactions A = [1 1; 0 12]; B = [400; 2400]; R = A\B; %Reaction vector %Calculate sigma at o M = -600; ro = 2e-2; for k=1:11 ri(k) = 1e-2*( 0.5 + 0.1*(k-1) ) ; I = pi*(ro^4-ri(k)^4)/4; sigma_x(k) = -1e-6*M*ro/I; end %Plot sigma_x vs. ri plot(1e2*ri,sigma_x,'-r'); xlabel('r_i (cm)'); ylabel('\sigma_x at O (MPa)');