Free Lateral Vibration of Columns and Beams With Arbitrary Thin-Walled Cross Sections

Abstract

This paper surveys the literature on vibration of axially loaded beams in general, and thin-walled, open-section beams with and without axial load. Finally, for what is believed to be the first time, a solution is presented for the problem of vibration of a thin-walled beam subject to transverse preload.