Vibration of an Euler-Bernoulli beam on elastic end supports and with up to three step changes in cross-section

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2541-2555

  Naguleswaran, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Euler Bernoulli beams; Multi stepped beam; Resilient supports

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELASTIC MODULI; FREQUENCIES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ELASTIC END SUPPORTS; EULER-BERNOULLI BEAM;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0036992628     PISSN: 00207403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7403(02)00190-X     Document Type: Article

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