Determination of the Natural Frequencies of the Bending Vibrations of Beams

Abstract

This paper presents a method for determining the natural frequencies of lateral vibrations for elastic beams. The beams may be of variable cross section and may have any number of spans. The five-moment equation is developed and is then applied to beams supported in various ways. The author reduces the necessary calculations to a simple tabular scheme. Several illustrative examples are included to demonstrate the method of computation.