Accurate modeling of preload discontinuity in the analytical approach of the nonlinear free vibration of beams

Abstract

This article attempts to investigate the dynamical analysis of beam vibrations in the presence of preload discontinuity and proposes an innovative accurate equivalent function for this well-known nonlinearity. This approach enables us to overcome the inherent computational difficulty of the preload nonlinearity in the analytical investigations. At first, the nonlinear equation of beam vibration with preload boundary condition is considered and analytical solution is obtained using He’s parameter expanding method. The precision of the proposed equivalent function has been elucidated by comparison of our results with the obtained solutions using numerical method. Finally, the accuracy of the obtained results in the vibration analysis of suspension bridges as a realistic problem, verifies the strength of the presented modeling.