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Large deflections of a cantilever beam subjected to a tip concentrated rotational load

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

B. Nageswara Rao
Affiliation:
Aerospace Structures Division, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Trivandrum, India
B. P. Shastry
Affiliation:
Aerospace Structures Division, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Trivandrum, India
G. Venkateswara Rao
Affiliation:
Aerospace Structures Division, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Trivandrum, India

Summary

Large deflection analysis of a cantilever beam under a tip concentrated rotational load governed by a second order non-linear differential equation is solved using a fourth-order Runge-Kutta integration scheme. Initially the two point boundary value problem is converted to an initial value problem by estimating one of the two required initial conditions in an iterative process, so as to satisfy the other boundary condition. The details of load deflection curves are presented.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1986 

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