Abstract
Nonlinear large amplitude random vibration of cantilever beam with lumped mass and rotary inertia under zero mean, stationary, Gaussian random base excitation is studied, using the inextensional beam theory. Single-mode approximation is employed to discretize the Lagrange's equation. The resulting nonlinear governing modal equation of motion is solved with application of the stochastic linearization method. Two examples, a cantilever beam with/without tip mass, are analyzed as application of the developed methodology. Effects of mass and rotary inertia variation on system response are investigated in detail. Results showed that increasing rotary inertia could reduce the random response of the beam structure and the random response of the structure is quite sensitive to the tip mass variation. The nonlinearities of the inextensional beam vibration result in a spring hardening system.
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