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The Fundamental Flexural Vibration of a Cantilever Beam of Rectangular Cross Section with Uniform Taper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

J. S. Rao*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
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Summary

An attempt has been made to determine the natural frequency of fundamental flexural mode of a cantilever beam with uniform taper by the Galerkin method. The method suggested considerably reduces the calculations as compared with the other methods available and the results are checked with the correction factors derived by Martin.

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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1965

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