Treffer: APPROXIMATION OF A LOADED BEAM USING C++.

The article offers information in computing the approximation of a loaded beam in Johnson City, Tennessee. Such problem can be best derived using C++ or Matlab. To address the problem, it usually employs the matrix equation Aw = b where A is a tridiagonal matrix. It reveals that the beam problem is an excellent example for introducing the user to object oriented programming because much of the commercial software available in the market uses object oriented techniques. Such computation is important for computer scientists, mathematicians and scientists. Also presented are the formulas used in solving such problem.