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Title: Spectral analysis of Euler–Bernoulli beam model with distributed damping and fully non-conservative boundary feedback matrix
The distribution of natural frequencies of the Euler–Bernoulli beam resting on elastic foundation and subject to an axial force in the presence of several damping mechanisms is investigated. The damping mechanisms are: ( i ) an external or viscous damping with damping coefficient ( − a 0 ( x )), ( ii ) a damping proportional to the bending rate with the damping coefficient a 1 ( x ). The beam is clamped at the left end and equipped with a four-parameter (α, β, κ 1 , κ 2 ) linear boundary feedback law at the right end. The 2 × 2 boundary feedback matrix relates the control input (a vector of velocity and its spacial derivative at the right end) to the output (a vector of shear and moment at the right end). The initial boundary value problem describing the dynamics of the beam has been reduced to the first order in time evolution equation in the state Hilbert space of the system. The dynamics generator has a purely discrete spectrum (the vibrational modes). Explicit asymptotic formula for the eigenvalues as the number of an eigenvalue tends to infinity have been obtained. It is shown that the boundary control parameters and the distributed damping play different roles in the asymptotical formulas for the eigenvalues of the dynamics generator. Namely, the damping coefficient a 1 and the boundary controls κ 1 and κ 2 enter the leading asymptotical term explicitly, while damping coefficient a 0 appears in the lower order terms.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1810826
NSF-PAR ID:
10298774
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Journal Name:
Asymptotic Analysis
ISSN:
0921-7134
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 38
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Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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