Free vibration analysis of tapered beam-column with pinned ends embedded in Winkler-Pasternak elastic foundation

CİVALEK Ö., Ozturk B.

GEOMECHANICS AND ENGINEERING, vol.2, no.1, pp.45-56, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 2 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.12989/gae.2010.2.1.045
  • Journal Name: GEOMECHANICS AND ENGINEERING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.45-56
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The current study presents a mathematical model and numerical method for free vibration of tapered piles embedded in two-parameter elastic foundations. The method of Discrete Singular Convolution (DSC) is used for numerical simulation. Bernoulli-Euler beam theory is considered. Various numerical applications demonstrate the validity and applicability of the proposed method for free vibration analysis. The results prove that the proposed method is quite easy to implement, accurate and highly efficient for free vibration analysis of tapered beam-columns embedded in Winkler- Pasternak elastic foundations.