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    This document describes validating the natural frequency of a simply supported beam calculated using PLAXIS 2D against an analytical solution. A beam with specific properties is modeled and a distributed load is applied and then released to induce free vibration. The period between oscillations is measured from the output plot, giving a frequency of 9.863 rad/s. This matches the analytical solution calculated using an expression for the natural frequency of a simply supported beam, validating the PLAXIS 2D model.

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    This document describes validating the natural frequency of a simply supported beam calculated using PLAXIS 2D against an analytical solution. A beam with specific properties is modeled and a distributed load is applied and then released to induce free vibration. The period between oscillations is measured from the output plot, giving a frequency of 9.863 rad/s. This matches the analytical solution calculated using an expression for the natural frequency of a simply supported beam, validating the PLAXIS 2D model.

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    This document describes validating the natural frequency of a simply supported beam calculated using PLAXIS 2D against an analytical solution. A beam with specific properties is modeled and a distributed load is applied and then released to induce free vibration. The period between oscillations is measured from the output plot, giving a frequency of 9.863 rad/s. This matches the analytical solution calculated using an expression for the natural frequency of a simply supported beam, validating the PLAXIS 2D model.

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    Simply Supported Beam-Frequencies

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    This document describes validating the natural frequency of a simply supported beam calculated using PLAXIS 2D against an analytical solution. A beam with specific properties is modeled and a distributed load is applied and then released to induce free vibration. The period between oscillations is measured from the output plot, giving a frequency of 9.863 rad/s. This matches the analytical solution calculated using an expression for the natural frequency of a simply supported beam, validating the PLAXIS 2D model.

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    SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAM

    SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAM


    In this test the natural frequency of a simply supported beam will be determined and
    compared with the analytical solution. The natural frequency of a system is the frequency
    that characterises the response of the system in a free vibration condition. The problem
    is validated in PLAXIS 2D.
    Used version:

    PLAXIS 2D - Dynamics Module - Version 2011

    Input: In PLAXIS the structures cannot be used individually. A soil cluster is used to
    create the geometry. Note that the properties of the material assigned to the soil do not
    affect the results as the clusters will be deactivated in the calculation phase (Phase 1).
    However assignment of a soil material to the clusters is required before generating the
    mesh.
    In order to obtain the natural frequency with PLAXIS, a distributed load of 1 kN/m is
    statically applied on the beam (plate element), Figure 1, and after which the beam is
    allowed to vibrate freely by releasing the load in a free vibration type of calculation. The
    period T of the beam can be determined by measuring the time between two successive
    oscillations.
    q

    Figure 1 Simply supported beam

    A plate with the following characteristics is analysed:

    EA = 1.2 106 kN

    EI = 1000 kNm2

    = 0.0

    L = 10 m

    q = pulse load

    w = 0.98 kN/m/m

    According to Eq. (1), the natural frequency and period are respectively:

    n = 9.863 rad/s

    and

    Tn =

    2
    = 0.637 s
    n

    For the numerical procedure the Newmark alpha and Newmark beta parameters for the
    time integration are defined as 0.3025 and 0.6 respectively. The default value of the
    remaining parameters is valid.
    Output: In Figure 2 the vertical displacements under the load are plotted. From this
    curve a period of 0.637 s is measured, resulting in a frequency n = 9.863 rad/s.
    Verification: A simply supported beam has a number of fundamental modes of
    vibration. The natural frequency of the first mode of vibration excluding transversal shear
    and rotational effects is given by the following expression.

    r
    n =

    EI
    mL4

    and

    m =

    w
    g

    PLAXIS 2012 | Validation & Verification

    (1)

    VALIDATION & VERIFICATION

    Figure 2 PLAXIS 2D solution

    in which E = Young's modulus, I = Moment of inertia, m = Mass per unit of length, w =


    weight per unit of length, g is the gravity acceleration (9.8 m/s2 ) and L = Length of the
    beam.
    The natural frequency of the beam calculated in PLAXIS 2D is n = 9.863 rad/s and
    agrees well with the analytical solution obtained by Eq. (1): n = 9.863 rad/s.

    Validation & Verification | PLAXIS 2012

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