Transverse vibration of non-uniform Euler-Bernoulli beam, using differential transform method (DTM)

Abstract

Analysis of transverse vibration of beams is presented in this paper. Unfortunately, complexities which appear in solving differential equation of transverse vibration of non-uniform beams, limit analytical solution to some special cases, so that the numerical method is presented. DTM is a numerical method for solving linear and some non-linear, ordinary and partial differential equations. In this paper, this technique has been applied for solving differential equation of transverse vibration of conical Euler-Bernoulli beam. Natural circular frequencies and mode shapes have been calculated. Comparing results with the cases which exact solution have been presented, shows that DTM is a strong method especially for solving quasi-linear differential equations. © (2012) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.