Natural vibration characteristics determination of elastic beam with attachments based on a transfer matrix method

Abstract

The transfer matrix method for multibody system takes into account the accuracy of the equations of motion and the efficiency of the algorithm. Especially if a system is composed of flexible and rigid components, transfer matrix method for multibody system reduces the dynamics problem to an overall transfer equation which only involves boundary state vectors. The state vectors at the boundary are made up of rotation angles, displacements, shear forces, and bending moments, which are normally half known and half unknown. The proposed transfer matrix method for multibody system of multibody system dynamics to determine the vibration characteristics is easy to formulate, systematic to apply, and simple to code. The purpose of this study is to introduce a modeling and simulation idea of beam with attachments based on transfer matrix method for multibody system. Numerical results for several examples of beam with attachments are presented to demonstrate the validity of this method.