Numerical Integration Example (Shear-Moment Diagrams)
Channel: Jaisohn Kim VT
Date: 2022-07-31

Virginia Tech ME 2004: Numerical Integration Example (Shear-Moment Diagrams)

In this video, we construct a shear-moment diagram via numerical integration using MATLAB's built-in trapz() and cumtrapz() functions. We explore the effect of the step size on the accuracy of the moment.

Blank .m file: https://bit.ly/ShearMomentDiagrams_master
Master (complete and commented) file: https://bit.ly/ShearMomentDiagrams_master
Problem statement: https://bit.ly/ShearMomentDiagrams_problem