Free and Forced Longitudinal Vibrations of Rods

Free and forced longitudinal oscillations of homogeneous rods of constant cross section are considered. Analytical and numerical methods for solving problems are used. With free vibration, numerical examples are shown for a rod with a jammed and free end and for a rod with a concentrated non-deformable mass at the end, due to which the mathematical model accordingly changes. Forced oscillations are considered for distributed and concentrated loads. The eigenmodes of oscillations characteristic for continually discrete sisites are obtained.