Rotary inertia and temperature effects on non-linear vibration, steady-state response and stability of an axially moving beam with time-dependent velocity

Free non-linear transverse vibration of an axially moving beam in which rotary inertia and temperature variation effects have been considered, is investigated. The beam is moving with a harmonic velocity about a constant mean velocity. The governing partial-differential equations are derived from the Hamilton's principle and geometrical relations. Under special assumptions, the two partial-differential equations can be mixed to form one integro-partial-differential equation. The multiple scales method is applied to obtain steady-state response. Elimination of secular terms will give us the amplitude of vibration. Additionally, the stability and bifurcation of trivial and non-trivial steady-state responses are analyzed using Routh-Hurwitz criterion. Eventually, numerical examples are presented to show rotary inertia, non-linear term, temperature gradient and mean velocity variation effects on natural frequencies, critical speeds, bifurcation points and stability of trivial and non-trivial solutions. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.