• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.1-6
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• 2005

In this paper, the natural frequencies of non-homogeneous damped beam are determined by using the differential transformation. The beam considered has different stiffness, damping and mass properties in each of two parts. The various boundary conditions are assumed at each end. The results obtained by the present method agree very well with those reported in the previous works. The present analysis shows the usefulness and validity of differential transformation in solving a non-homogeneous damped beam problem.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.251-258
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• 1993

The main purpose of this paper is to present both the natural frequencies and the buckling loads of beam-columns on Winkler-type foundations. The ordinary differential equations governing the free vibrations and the buckling loads of beam-columns on Winkler-type foundation are derived as nondimensional forms. The Runge-Kutta method and Determinant Search method are used to perform the integration of the differential equations and to determine the eigenvalues(natural frequencies and buckling loads), respectively. Hinged-hinged and damped-clamped end constraints are applied in numerical examples. The relation between frequency parameter and elastic foundation parameter is presented in figure. The effects of axial loads on the natural frequencies of beam-columns on elastic foundations are investigated and the relation between buckling load parameter and elastic foundation parameter is also analyzed. The relation between foundation rested ratio and frequency parameter, buckling load parameter are investigated. The beam-columns on non-homogeneous elastic foundation are analyzed and typical mode shapes are also presented.