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Bending Dynamics of Beams
Bending Dynamics of Beams
of
UNIFORM BEAMS
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Ph: (404) 894 3078
Assumptions
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Equation of motion
where:
Bending stiffness;
linear mass;
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Free vibrations
Separation of variables
where
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Free vibrations
and:
or
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Boundary conditions
Pinned (hinged) end at x=0:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Boundary conditions
Clamped end at x=0:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Boundary conditions
Free end at x=0:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Boundary conditions
Translational elastic constraints at x=0 and x=l:
x=0:
x=l:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Ph: (404) 894 3078
Boundary conditions
Rotational elastic constraints at x=0 and x=l:
x=0:
x=l:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Ph: (404) 894 3078
Boundary conditions
Translational inertial constraints at x=0 and x=l:
x=0:
x=l:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Ph: (404) 894 3078
Boundary conditions
Rotational inertial constraints at x=0 and x=l:
x=0:
x=l:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Ph: (404) 894 3078
Examples of results of
calculations of natural
frequencies and mode
shapes
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Ph: (404) 894 3078
Characteristic equation:
Natural frequencies:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Node
i=1
i=2
i=3
i=4
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Clamped-free beam
Characteristic equation:
Natural frequencies:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Clamped-free beam
Mode shapes:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Clamped-free beam
Mode shapes:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
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Ph: (404) 894 3078
Free-free beam
Characteristic equation:
Natural frequencies:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Ph: (404) 894 3078
Free-free beam
Mode shapes:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Ph: (404) 894 3078
Free-free beam
Mode shapes (rigid body modes):
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Ph: (404) 894 3078
Free-free beam
Mode shapes:
Massimo Ruzzene
School of Aerospace Engineering
massimo.ruzzene@ae.gatech.edu
Ph: (404) 894 3078