Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2023 / ib / Paper 2 / 13C / b / ii / Solution

Integrating the ordinary differential equation four times gives a quartic polynomial. It is useful to use the linearity of the equation and split the solution into a gravity part and a force part:wheresatisfies the clamped and torque-free boundary conditions with $F=0$, whilesatisfies the homogeneous equation and contributes the endpoint force. Direct differentiation verifiesThusthe clamped-free beam under uniform load and endpoint force.