Vibration analysis of multiple-stepped beams with the composite element model

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 322, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 1070-1080

  Lu, Z R ^a   Huang, M ^a   Liu, J K ^a   Chen, W H ^a   Liao, W Y ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

ARBITRARY NUMBERS; COMPOSITE ELEMENT METHODS; COMPOSITE ELEMENTS; FINITE ELEMENTS; FORCED VIBRATION RESPONSE; FREE AND FORCED VIBRATIONS; FUNCTION METHODS; NEW APPROACHES; NON-UNIFORM; RAYLEIGH-RITZ METHODS; RECEPTANCE; STEPPED BEAMS; TIME HISTORY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 63549104004     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2008.11.041     Document Type: Article

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