MECHANICAL VIBRATION AND

ACOUSTICS
ASSIGNMENT 9

VIBRATION IN BEAMS

FIXED-PINNED BEAM
QUE 1
Matlab Code

I=bb*hh^3/12;
mu=7500*bb*hh;
E=210e9;
c=sqrt(E*I/mu);

x=0:0.1:1;

for i=1:4
f(i)=b(i)^2*c/2/pi;
maxx(i)=0;
for j=1:1:length(x)
y(i,j)=sin(b(i)*x(j))-sinh(b(i)*x(j))+(sin(b(i)*1)-sinh(b(i)*1))/
(cos(b(i)*1)-cosh(b(i)*1))*(cosh(b(i)*x(j))-cos(b(i)*x(j)));
maxx(i)=max(maxx(i),abs(y(i,j)));
end
end
37.4837 , 121.4712 , 253.4399 , 433.3972

QUE 2
Ansys APDL : Modal Analysis

MODE

FREQ
(Matlab) Hz

1
2
3

37.4837
121.4712
253.4399

FREQ(Ansys
)
Hz
37.471
121.40
253.45

%Error
0.0338
0.0586
0.00398

433.3972

434.55

0.2659

QUE 3
Modal analysis is done in Ansys Workbench also and the
following mode shapes were obtained for modes 1-4.On
comparison, Striking similarity was observed to the mode
shapes obtained using matlab

QUE 4
Harmonic Analysis Using Ansys APDL
Frequency Response when excited at x=0.5. Plotted for
x at 0.25(uy_6) 0.5 (uy_3) and 0.75

Frequency Response when excited at x=0.25. Plotted

for x at 0.25 (UY_5), 0.5(UY_3) and 0.75(UY_4)