THE EFFECTS OF CENTRIPETAL AND CORIOLIS FORCES ON THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A CRACKED BEAM UNDER A MOVING MASS LOAD

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Graduate student, Dpt. of Mechanical Engineering, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey.

2 Professor, Dpt. of Mechanical Engineering, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey.

Abstract

ABSTRACT
This study is devoted to the investigation of the effects of centripetal and Coriolis forces
on the forced vibration of a simply supported beam with a single crack under moving
mass load. As in the case of beams without a crack, it is shown that these forces must
be considered in the analysis. The combined effects of these forces are especially
important for the cracked long beams. The response of the system is obtained in terms
of Duhamel integral. The differential equation which involves a non-linearity on its right
hand side is solved via an iterative procedure. The results are exemplified for various
values of the variables.

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