Non-stationary response of a beam to a moving random force

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Abstract

The non-stationary random vibration of a beam is investigated. The beam is subjected to a random force with constant mean value which is moving with constant speed along the beam. The statistical characteristics of the first and second order for the deflection and bending moment of the beam are computed by using the correlation method. The numerical results of the coefficient of variation of the deflection at beam span mid-point are given for five basic types of convariances of the force (white noise, constant, exponential cosine, exponential, and cosine wave). The effect of the speed of the movement of the force along the beam as well as the effect of the beam damping is investigated in detail. It is concluded that the resulting beam vibration turns out to be a non-stationary process even though the motion considered is that of a stationary random force.

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