Modeling and analysis of an axially acceleration beam based on a higher order beam theory

Abstract

In this paper, a higher order model equation is presented for an axially accelerating beam. Based on a new kinematic frame of the beam and continuum mechanics theory, the coupled governing equations of nonlinear vibration for axially accelerating beam are obtained with the aid of the generalized Hamilton principle. The governing equations take into account the characteristic of the material, the shear strain, the rotation strain and the effect of longitudinally varying tension due to the axial acceleration. The equations are decoupled into a nonlinear partial-integro-differential equations when the transverse nonlinear vibration is small. For the principal parametric resonances, the steady-state frequency responses are obtained by the multiple scales method. The stable and unstable interval are analyzed for the trivial and nontrivial steady-state response. Effects of the system parameters on the amplitude have been investigated. The results show that the material parameter (i.e, in-plane Poisson ratio) has a significant effect on the amplitude and the nonlinear vibration behavior type. The amplitude decrease with the growth of the in-plane Poisson ratio. The total potential energy has play a very important role in determining the amplitude of frequency response according to model analysis. Lastly, comparisons among the analytical solutions and numerical solutions are made and good agreements for the amplitude are found.