Abstract (EN):
A beam, p-version, hierarchical finite element is employed to study the dynamic
behaviour of beams undergoing longitudinal, torsional, and bending free vibrations
in any plane. Clamped-clamped, isotropic and elastic beams of circular cross section
are analysed. The geometrical non-linearity is taken into account by considering a
simplified version of Green¿s strain tensor. The mass and stiffness matrices are
derived by the principle of the virtual work, and the harmonic balance method is
employed to map the equations of motion to the frequency domain. The ensuing
algebraic non-linear system is solved by a continuation method. Assuming a Fourier
series where the constant term and the first three harmonics are considered, one
concludes that internal resonances appear in bending and torsion.
Language:
English
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific
No. of pages:
17