Determine the force of the spring for the beam shown in Fig. 4.38 using energy methods. First consider the spring force as the redundant quantity and then consider the support force as the redundant quantity. What are the limiting cases that occur when α → 0 or α → 1 and when K → 0 or K → ∞. Assume uniform EI.
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