JAM 1975 Abstract

Steady Solutions for Moving Loads on Elastic Beams with One-Sided Constraints


G.G. Adams and D.B. Bogy

Summary

An infinite beam resting on a flat rigid foundation is loaded by an upward directed concentrated force, which moves at a constant speed. Both the Euler-Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam models are considered. With force magnitude and speed as parameters, the noncontact lengths, mode shapes and foundation reactions are computed and illustrated graphically.

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