FREEVIBRATIONANALYSISOFAROTATINGTAPERED.doc

FLAPWISE BENDING VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF A ROTATING DOUBLE TAPERED TIMOSHENKO BEAM O. Ozdemir Ozgumus, M. O. Kaya* Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey Abstract In this study, free vibration analysis of a rotating, double tapered Timoshenko beam that undergoes flapwise bending vibration is performed. At the beginning of the study, the kinetic and the potential energy expressions of this beam model are derived using several explanatory tables and figures. In the following section, Hamilton’s principle is applied to the derived energy expressions to obtain the governing differential equations of motion and the boundary conditions. The parameters for the hub radius, rotational speed, shear deformation, slenderness ratio and taper ratios are incorporated into the equations of motion. In the solution part, an efficient mathematical technique, called the Differential Transform Method (DTM), is used to solve the governing differential equations of motion. Using the computer package, Mathematica, the effects of the incorporated parameters on the natural frequencies are investigated and the results are tabulated in several tables and introduced in several graphics. Key words: Nonuniform Timoshenko Beam, Tapered Timoshenko Beam, Rotating Timoshenko Beam, Differential Transform Method, Differential Transformation Nomenclature potential energy due to shear cross-sectional area velocity components of point beam breadth at the root section , transformed functions breadth taper ratio flapwise bending displacement height taper ratio flapwise bending slope Young’s modulus spanwise coordinate axial rigidity of the beam cross section spanwise coordinate parameter bending rigidity of the beam cross section coordinates of shear modulus coordinates of beam height at the root section hub radius parameter , , unit vectors in the , and directions virtual work of the nonconservative force