Free longitudinal vibrations of functionally graded tapered axial bars by pseudospectral method

• Main Authors: Sri Harikrishna Pillutla, Sudheer Gopinathan, Vasudeva Rao Yerikalapudy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: JVE International 2018-08-01
• Series: Journal of Vibroengineering
• Subjects: vibrations; inhomogeneous rod; graded axial bar; numerical; pseudospectral
• Online Access: https://www.jvejournals.com/article/19373

In this work, the problem of free longitudinal vibration of rods with variable cross-sectional area and material properties is investigated using the pseudospectral method. With the gradation of material properties like modulus of elasticity and mass density in the axial direction, the results corresponding to a functionally graded axial bar are obtained using the proposed pseudospectral formulation. The pseudospectral formulation used is relatively easy to implement and powerful in analyzing vibration problems. With the help of several numerical examples, the non-dimensional natural frequencies of rods obtained using the pseudospectral method are compared with those obtained by the analytical solution, generalized finite element method, the discrete singular convolution method and differential transformation method. The numerical results obtained show that the proposed technique allows boundary conditions to be incorporated easily and yields results with good accuracy and faster convergence rates than other methods.