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FORCED VIBRATION OF TWO BEAMS JOINED WITH A NON-LINEAR ROTATIONAL JOINT: CLAMPED AND SIMPLY SUPPORTED END CONDITIONS

✍ Scribed by M.S. Ewing; S. Mirsafian


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
383 KB
Volume
193
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-460X

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✦ Synopsis


An analytical model is proposed which consists of two Euler-Bernoulli beams joined by a torsional spring with linear and cubic stiffness. The method of harmonic balance is used to find an approximate solution for simply supported and clamped end conditions. Specifically, a one term harmonic balance solution is developed for two beams with unsymmetric properties and symmetric distributed loading. Solutions are given for three cases: no non-linearity, and two cases with different levels of non-linearity. For all cases, frequency-amplitude relations are given, and the effects of the cubic non-linearity are observed and discussed.