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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 2, Number 4, December 1994 , pages 345-357
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.1994.2.4.345
 


Free vibrations of circular arches with variable cross-section
James F. Wilson, Byoung Koo Lee and Sang Jin Oh

 
Abstract
    The differential equations governing free, in-plane vibrations of linearly elastic arches with variable cross-sections are derived and solve numerically for quadratic arches with three types of rectangular cross sections. Frequencies, mode shapes, cross-sectional load distributions, and the effects of rotatory inertia on frequencies are reported. Experimental measurements of frequencies and their corresponding mode shapes agree closely with those predicted by theory. The numerical methods presented here for computing for computing frequencies and mode shapes are efficient and reliable.
 
Key Words
    circular arch; free vibration; mode shape; quadratic arch; rotatory inertia; variable cross-section.
 
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