“…However, the rotary inertia of the rigid body is not taken into account in the model. A numerical approach to the problem, using the finite element method, was undertaken by Zietsman et al [29] who from their empirical studies could not conclude uniform stabilization, neither in the case of non-zero rotary inertia, I m , of the tip load, nor when I m is neglected. Their FEM approach was followed most recently by a finite difference approach due to F. Li et al [17] in which unique solvability, unconditional stability (to the initial values and inhomogeneous terms) and convergence of their difference scheme of the problem, which includes the rotary inertia of the tip load, are proved.…”