Out-of-Plane Vibrations of a Stepped Euler-Bernoulli Beam Clamped to a Rotating Hub
Abstract This paper is concerned with the vibrations of an Euler-Bernoulli stepped cantilever, clamped to a hub rotating at a constant speed. The system parameters are: the speed of rotation of the hub, the position of the step, the ratio of the mass per unit length of the two portions of the beam and the ratio of the flexural rigidity. Analytical solution of the mode shape differential equations for out-of-plane vibrations (normal to the plane of rotation) is developed. The frequency equation is expressed as a 4th order determinant equated to zero. A scheme is presented to derive the natural frequencies. The first three frequencies are tabulated for various combinations of the system parameters. Published results (which were obtained via finite element procedure) are compared with the analytical results.