Dynamic analysis of gradient elastic flexural beams

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 705-716

  Papargyri Beskou, S ^a   Polyzos, D ^b   Beskos, D E ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beams; Flexural vibrations; Forced vibrations; Free vibrations; Gradient elasticity; Non classical boundary conditions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTICITY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FLEXURAL BEAM MOTION; FREE VIBRATIONS; GRADIENT ELASTIC FLEXURAL BEAMS; NON-CLASSICAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0038240774     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2003.15.6.705     Document Type: Article

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