Research Article

Nonsmooth Modeling of Vibro-Impacting Euler-Bernoulli Beam

Figure 3

Free vibration response of the beam with 𝑤 ( 𝑥 , 0 ) = 3 s i n ( 𝜋 𝑥 ) , 𝑅 = 1 , and 𝑥 𝑖 = 0 . 4 : (a) total energy of the beam, and (b) phase plot at the location of impact.
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