Free Vibration Analysis of Cracked Composite Beams Subjected to Coupled Bending-Torsion Loads Based on a First Order Beam Theory

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In this paper free vibration analysis of cracked composite beams subjected to coupled bending-torsion loads are presented. The composite beam is assumed to have an open edge crack. A first order theory is applied to count for the effect of the shear deformations on natural frequencies as well as the effect of coupling in torsion and bending modes of vibration. Local flexibility matrix is used to obtain the additional boundary conditions of the beam in the crack area. After obtaining the governing equations and boundary conditions, GDQ method is applied to solve the obtained eigenvalue problem. Finally, some numerical results are given to show the efficacy of the method. In addition, to count for the effect of coupling on natural frequencies of the cracked beams, different fiber orientations are assumed and studied.

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