Journal of Theoretical
and Applied Mechanics
35, 3, pp. 615-626, Warsaw 1997
and Applied Mechanics
35, 3, pp. 615-626, Warsaw 1997
Free vibrations of a longitudinally loaded column with rotary inertia elements
The influence of the rotary inertia and axial load on the natural frequency of non-linear two-member column is studied. The perturbation method is used for solving the problem. Numerical results concerning both the vibration frequency and modes are compared with those from experiment. For equal ratios of the mass per unit length to flexural rigidity for both members the rotary inertia does not affect the natural frequency. The critical load caused the divergence instability of the system is also found.
Keywords: natural transverse vibrations; divergence instability; compound column