| Abstract: | A uniform beam element of open thin-walled cross-section is studied under stationary harmonic end excitation. An exact dynamic (transcendentally frequency-dependent) 14 × 14 element stiffness matrix is derived from Vlasov's coupled differential equations. Special attention is paid to the computational problems arising when coefficients vanish in these equations because of symmetric cross-section, zero warping stiffness, etc. The dynamic element stiffness matrix is established via a generalized linear eigenvalue problem and a system of linear algebraic equations with complex matrices. A static stiffness matrix is also derived and the associated consistent mass and geometric stiffness matrices are given. Modal masses are evaluated. A FORTRAN program and a numerical example are included. |
