On constructing a Green’s function for a semi-infinite beam with boundary damping

Tugce Akkaya*, Wim T. van Horssen

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Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to contribute to the construction of Green’s functions for initial boundary value problems for fourth order partial differential equations. In this paper, we consider a transversely vibrating homogeneous semi-infinite beam with classical boundary conditions such as pinned, sliding, clamped or with a non-classical boundary conditions such as dampers. This problem is of important interest in the context of the foundation of exact solutions for semi-infinite beams with boundary damping. The Green’s functions are explicitly given by using the method of Laplace transforms. The analytical results are validated by references and numerical methods. It is shown how the general solution for a semi-infinite beam equation with boundary damping can be constructed by the Green’s function method, and how damping properties can be obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2251-2263
Number of pages13
JournalMeccanica
Volume52
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • Boundary damper
  • Euler–Bernoulli beam
  • Green’s functions
  • Semi-infinite domain
  • The method of Laplace transforms

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