Dynamics analysis of distributed parameter system subjected to a moving oscillator with random mass, velocity and acceleration

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Muscolino ◽  
S. Benfratello ◽  
A. Sidoti
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Pesterev ◽  
Lawrence A. Bergman

Abstract The problem of calculating the dynamic response of a one-dimensional distributed parameter system excited by an oscillator traversing the system with an arbitrarily varying speed is investigated. An improved series representation for the solution is derived that takes into account the jump in the shear force at the point of the attachment of the oscillator, which makes it possible to efficiently calculate the distributed shear force and, where applicable, bending moment. The improvement is achieved through the introduction of the “quasi-static” solution, an approximation to the desired one, which makes it possible to apply to the moving oscillator problem the “mode-acceleration” technique conventionally used for acceleration of series in problems related to the steady-state vibration of distributed systems. Numerical results illustrating the efficiency of the method are presented.


Author(s):  
Alexander V. Pesterev ◽  
Lawrence A. Bergman

Abstract The problem of calculating the response of a nonconservative distributed parameter system of a general type excited by a moving concentrated load is investigated. A method of solution based on the expansion of the response in a series in terms of complex eigenfunctions of the distributed system is proposed. A set of ordinary differential equations in the time-dependent coefficients of the expansion is established first, in terms of the unknown force acting on the continuum from a moving vehicle, which allows one to investigate different models of concentrated loads. Then, for the case of a conservative oscillator moving with an arbitrarily varying speed, the coefficients of the equations are obtained in explicit terms.


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