
If the cross-section of the beam were rectangular, with width b and depth h,
then
(f)
and the depth of the beam is determined from Eqs. (e) and (f) to be
(g)
Notice that for a beam of rectangular cross-section, the width of the beam b
does not affect the natural frequency. However, it does affect the static dis-
placement of the beam. The equivalent stiffness of a beam clamped at each
boundary is provided in Case 6 of Table 2.3. From this expression, it is seen
that the displacement is proportional to I, which depends of the width b.
9.3.5
Beams with an Interior Mass, Spring, and Single
Degree-of-Freedom System Attached Simultaneously
30
We shall extend the results of Section 9.3.4 by considering a beam of length L
that has simultaneously attached at in-span locations a mass M
o
at x L
1
,a
spring of stiffness k
2
at x L
2
, and a single degree-of-freedom system with
mass M
s
and stiffness k
s
at x L
3
. Upon using Eqs. (9.107), (9.109), (9.111a),
(9.111b) and (9.115), we arrive at the following equation for the beam
(9.164)
and the following equation for the single degree-of-freedom system
(9.165)
If we assume that the beam and the attached single degree-of-freedom
system are undergoing harmonic oscillations of the form given by Eq. (9.112)
and we introduce the definitions of Eqs. (9.67) and (9.115), then Eqs. (9.164)
and (9.165) become, respectively,
(9.166)
K
s
3W1h2 Z
o
4d1h h
3
2 0
d
4
W1h 2
dh
4
4
31 g
o
d1h h
1
24W1h2 K
2
d1h h
2
2W1h2
M
s
d
2
z1t 2
dt
2
k
s
z1t 2 k
s
w1L
3
,t2
k
s
L
3w1x,t2 z1t 24d1x L
3
2 0
EI
0
4
w1x,t 2
0x
4
crA
M
o
m
o
d1x L
1
2d
0
2
w1x,t 2
0t
2
k
2
L
d1x L
2
2w1x,t2
h 2r23
2 6.88 23 23.83 cm
r
2
I
A
bh
3
12bh
h
2
12
9.3 Free Oscillations 613
30
A similar system has been analyzed using the Timoshenko beam theory; see, E. B. Magrab,
“Natural Frequencies and Mode Shapes of Timoshenko Beams with Attachments,” Journal of
Vibration and Control, 13, (7), 905–934 (2007).