Vibration of Beams Carrying Discrete Dampers and Masses

Abstract

Vibration of beams carrying discrete dampers and masses has been studied using standard Fourier transform method. It has been shown that the discrete damping coefficients can be expressed as a function of a uniformly distributed damping coefficient and this leads to a considerable simplification of the mathematics involved. A simply supported and a clamped beam have been considered, but emphasis for numerical calculations has been given on the simply supported beam. The calculations have been verified experimentally.