Mechanical Characters of Six Engineering Timoshenko Beams

2014 ◽  
Vol 668-669 ◽  
pp. 201-204
Author(s):  
Hong Liang Tian

Timoshenko beam is an extension of Euler-Bernoulli beam to interpret the transverse shear impact. The more refined Timoshenko beam relaxes the normality assumption of plane section that remains plane and normal to the deformed centerline. The manuscript presents some exact concise analytic solutions on deflection and stress resultants of NET single-span Timoshenko beam with general distributed force and 6 kinds of standard boundary conditions, adopting its counterpart Euler-Bernoulli beam solutions. Engineering example shows that scale impact would not unveil itself for micro structure with micrometer μm-order length, yet will be prominent for nanostructure with nanometer nm-order length. When simply supported CNTs is undergone to a concentrative force at the median and complete bend moment, scale action is observed along the ensemble CNTs, while it unfurls itself the most at the position of the concentrated strength. When a clamped-free CNTs is exposed to a centralized force at the mesial and distributed force, there is no scale impact about the deflection at all positions on the left border of the concentrated strength position, while such operation inspires at once at all positions on the right margin of the concentrated strength position. When a clamped-clamped CNTs is lain under a concentrative strength at the middle, the deflection of NET Euler-Bernoulli CNTs reflects scale effect completely. Notable differences between the deflection of Euler-Bernoulli CNTs and that of Timoshenko CNTs are reflected at large ratio of diameter versus length. The deflection of NET clamped-free and simply supported Timoshenko beam doesn’t introduce surplus scale process in terms of its counterpart, NET Euler-Bernoulli beam. However, the deflection of NET clamped-clamped Timoshenko beam does involve additional scale impact solely including the method when the concentrated strength position is at the midway in the beam-length direction.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wlodzimierz Czyczula ◽  
Piotr Koziol ◽  
Dorota Blaszkiewicz

The paper tries to clarify the problem of solution and interpretation of railway track dynamics equations for linear models. Set of theorems is introduced in the paper describing two types of equivalence: between static and dynamic track response under moving load and between the dynamic response of track described by both the Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beams. The equivalence is clarified in terms of mathematical method of solution. It is shown that inertia element of rail equation for the Euler-Bernoulli beam and constant distributed load can be considered as a substitute axial force multiplied by second derivative of displacement. Damping properties can be treated as additional substitute load in the static case taking into account this substitute axial force. When one considers the Timoshenko beam, the substitute axial force depends additionally on shear properties of rail section, rail bending stiffness, and subgrade stiffness. It is also proved that Timoshenko beam, described by a single equation, from the point of view of solution, is an analogy of the Euler-Bernoulli beam for both constant and variable load. Certain numerical examples are presented and practical interpretation of proved theorems is shown.


2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Ho Park ◽  
Suk-Yoon Hong

In this paper, an energy flow model is developed to analyze transverse vibration including the effects of rotatory inertia as well as shear distortion, which are very important in the Timoshenko beam transversely vibrating in the medium-to-high frequency ranges. The energy governing equations for this energy flow model are newly derived by using classical displacement solutions of the flexural motion for the Timoshenko beam, in detail. The derived energy governing equations are in the general form incorporating not only the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory used for the conventional energy flow model but also the Rayleigh, shear, and Timoshenko beam theories. Finally, to verify the validity and accuracy of the derived model, numerical analyses for simple finite Timoshenko beams were performed. The results obtained by the derived energy flow model for simple finite Timoshenko beams are compared with those of the classical solutions for the Timoshenko beam, the energy flow solution, and the classical solution for the Euler-Bernoulli beam with various excitation frequencies and damping loss factors of the beam. In addition, the vibrational energy flow analyses of coupled Timoshenko beams are described in the other companion paper.


Author(s):  
Yichi Zhang ◽  
Bingen Yang

Abstract Vibration analysis of complex structures at medium frequencies plays an important role in automotive engineering. Flexible beam structures modeled by the classical Euler-Bernoulli beam theory have been widely used in many engineering problems. A kinematic hypothesis in the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory is that plane sections of a beam normal to its neutral axis remain normal when the beam experiences bending deformation, which neglects the shear deformation of the beam. However, as observed by researchers, the shear deformation of a beam component becomes noticeable in high-frequency vibrations. In this sense, the Timoshenko beam theory, which describes both bending deformation and shear deformation, may be more suitable for medium-frequency vibration analysis of beam structures. This paper presents an analytical method for medium-frequency vibration analysis of beam structures, with components modeled by the Timoshenko beam theory. The proposed method is developed based on the augmented Distributed Transfer Function Method (DTFM), which has been shown to be useful in various vibration problems. The proposed method models a Timoshenko beam structure by a spatial state-space formulation in the s-domain, without any discretization. With the state-space formulation, the frequency response of a beam structure, in any frequency region (from low to very high frequencies), can be obtained in an exact and analytical form. One advantage of the proposed method is that the local information of a beam structure, such as displacements, bending moment and shear force at any location, can be directly obtained from the space-state formulation, which otherwise would be very difficult with energy-based methods. The medium-frequency analysis by the augmented DTFM is validated with the FEA in numerical examples, where the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method is present. Also, the effects of shear deformation on the dynamic behaviors of a beam structure at medium frequencies are illustrated through comparison of the Timoshenko beam theory and the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory.


2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. G. Stephen

The Macaulay bracket notation is familiar to many engineers for the deflection analysis of a Euler–Bernoulli beam subject to multiple or discontinuous loads. An expression for the internal bending moment, and hence curvature, is valid at all locations along the beam, and the deflection curve can be calculated by integrating twice with respect to the axial coordinate. The notation obviates the need for matching of multiple constants of integration for the various sections of the beam. Here, the method is extended to a Timoshenko beam, which includes the additional deflection due to shear. This requires an additional expression for the shearing force, also valid at all locations along the beam.


2012 ◽  
Vol 446-449 ◽  
pp. 2071-2074
Author(s):  
Xiao Jun Zhou ◽  
Yin Gang Qin ◽  
Gang Luo

The submerged floating tunnel moored by tethers is simplified as a simply supported Euler-Bernoulli beam, and its vibration caused by vehicles passing through the tubular is also reduced as parametric excitation, moreover, the vibration governing equation of tether is still propounded by means of Galerkin method, simultaneously, the dynamic stability criterion of tether is also set up by means of Lyapunov function in this paper.


1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 1285-1290
Author(s):  
V. Prodonoff ◽  
C. D. Michalopoulos

Using Euler-Bernoulli beam theory an investigation is made of the dynamic behavior of an eccentric vertical circular shaft rotating in viscous medium. The shaft is subjected to linearly-varying tension and has distributed mass and elasticity. The mass eccentricity is assumed to be a deterministic function of the axial coordinate. The solution is obtained by modal analysis. An example is considered wherein the shaft is simply supported at the top and vertically guided at the bottom. Steady-state deflections and bending stresses are computed for a particular eccentricity function over a range of speeds of rotation which includes a resonant frequency.


Author(s):  
Said I. Nour ◽  
Mohsen A. Issa

The natural frequencies of vibration of short span bridges used in high-speed rail were investigated. Three different models of increasing complexity were evaluated and their effects on the vibration frequency were compared to the first basic model of simply supported Euler-Bernoulli beam. In the second and third cases, the bridge was modeled as an Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam supported at its two ends by identical spring elements with an equivalent vertical stiffness to simulate elastomeric bearings and soil foundation. The boundary value problem was solved numerically to extract the bridge eigenfrequencies. In the case of Euler-Bernoulli beam, curve fitting techniques were used to deduce accurate simple empirical formulae to calculate the first six natural frequencies of an elastically supported bridge. In the case of a Timoshenko beam, graphical solutions were proposed to compute the fundamental frequency. Results confirmed that the use of Timoshenko beam theory reduces the natural frequency and the consideration of flexible supports further decreases the natural frequency. In the fourth model, the interaction of the track and the bridge was included. The bridge was modeled as an elastically supported beam and the track was modeled as a spring-damper element with an equivalent vertical stiffness resulting from track components like rail pads, cross-ties and ballast. A parametric study was performed to analyze the effects of the track stiffness on the natural frequencies of the bridge. Graphical solutions were presented to quantify the change of the normalized natural frequencies of the system with the increase in the track modulus. Results indicated that the changes in the track modulus have no significant effects in models with rigid supports. A decrease in the fundamental frequency was noticeable with softer track modulus as the support flexibility increased.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kan-Chen Jane Wu

The objective of this study is to investigate the response of an Euler-Bernoulli beam under a force or mass traversing with constant velocity. Simply-supported and clamped-clamped boundary conditions are considered. The linear strain-displacement scenario is applied to both boundary conditions, while the von Kármán nonlinear scenario is applied only to the former boundary condition. The governing equation of motion is derived via the extended Hamilton's principle. Simulations are performed with the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method via Matlab software. The equation of motion is first validated and then used to investigate the effects of the beam second moment of area, the magnitude of the traversing velocity, and centrifugal and gyroscopic forces.


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 6403-6415
Author(s):  
M. S. Aldlemy ◽  
S. A. K. Al-jumaili ◽  
R. A. M. Al-Mamoori ◽  
T. Ya ◽  
Reza Alebrahim

In this study dynamic analysis of a metallic beam under travelling mass was investigated. A beam with an edge crack was considered to be reinforced using composite patch. Euler-Bernoulli beam theory was applied to simulate the time-history behavior of the beam under dynamic loading. Crack in the beam was modeled using a rotational spring. Dimension of the composite patch, crack length, stress intensity factor at crack tip and beam deflection are some parameters which were studied in details. Results were validated against those which were found through Finite Element Method.


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