Vibrations of Planar Curved Beams, Rings, and Arches

This work attempts to organize and summarize the extensive published literature on the vibrations of curved bars, beams, rings and arches of arbitrary shape which lie in a plane. In-plane, out-of-plane and coupled vibrations are considered. Various theories that have been developed to model curved beam vibration problems are examined. An overview is presented of the types of problems which are addressed in the literature. Particular attention is given to the effects of initial static loading, nonlinear vibrations and the application of finite element techniques. The significantly different frequencies arising from curved beam theories which either allow or prevent extension of the centerline during vibratory motion are shown. An extensive bibliography of 407 relevant references is included.