Abstract
A special method of analysis, hereafter referred to as “Direct Analysis”, is described and applied to the solution of the problem of traveling flexural waves in beams and plates, for which shear correction and rotatory inertia are considered. Finite beams and plates are considered so that the influence of reflected waves is included. The proper boundary conditions for these problems, several input stress pulses, as well as the effect of the length of the bounded medium (beam or plate) on the magnitude of the stress are considered. Implications to design of structures are discussed. The characteristic features of the Direct Analysis are then presented.
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