The effects of shear deformation on the free vibration of elastic beams with general boundary conditions

摘要

Free vibration characteristics of shear deformable elastic beams subjected to different sets of boundary conditions are investigated. The analysis is based on a unified one-dimensional shear deformation beam theory. The governing equations of the elastic beams are obtained by means of Hamilton's principle. Four different boundary conditions are considered. The natural frequencies and mode shapes are obtained by applying the dynamic stiffness method, where the elements of the exact dynamic stiffness matrix are derived by using the analytical solutions of the governing equations of the beam in free vibration. The numerical results for the particular beams with different slenderness ratios are presented and compared with those available in the literature.