Numerical solution of sandwich beams

Abstract

Consider a third order boundary value problem

where p(x) and q(x) are variable coefficients, subject to the boundary conditions

Finite differences methods are discussed to solve such boundary value problems. Convergence of the methods is discussed and the methods are further tested on two numerical examples.

Keywords:

• Sandwich beams
• Finite difference methods
• Boundary value problems
• Shear deformation
• Convergence

C.R. Category:

• G.1.7