... OPRIETARY MAT ERIAL.c°The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.36 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FINITE ELEMENT METHODwhere (v1,v2) are the weight functions (that hav e the interpretation ... equations,and (c) indicate the specified primary and secondary variables at the nodes. Usetw o linear elements to determine the finite element solution for the temperaturedistribution, and compare ... EA, EI , f,andq are functions of x,andM0is a constant. Here u denotes theaxial displacement and w the transverse deflection of the beam.Solution: The first step of the formulation is to multiply...