BERNOULLI–EULER BEAMS WITH LUMPED AND ROTATIONAL MASSES

198 FORMULAS FOR STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS

FIGURE 7.3(a). Design diagram.

λ4
97.408 α=0
90
0.1
80 81.216
0.2
70
0.3 69.458
60 60.766
0.4
50 53.935

48.502
40 0.5

1.0 32.247
30
Fundamental mode
20

0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 ξ1=d /l

FIGURE 7.3(b). Simply supported beam with lumped mass along the span. Frequency parameter l4 is a
function of mass ratio a and spacing x1 .

Special case. Lumped mass at the middle of the beam.

Symmetric vibration. The frequency equation is
 
l l al l l l l
cosh cos cosh sin sinh cos ˆ0 …7:4†
2 2 4 2 2 2 2

Parameters l for the fundamental frequency of vibration are listed in Table 7.1.
Antisymmetric vibration. The frequency equation and corresponding roots of the
equation are

l
sin ˆ 0; l ˆ 2np; n ˆ 1; 2; 3; . . .
2

The expressions for mode shape vibration are presented in Section 7.6.

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