Research Article

An Improved Fourier Series Method for the Free Vibration Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Coupled Beams

Table 1

The form of springs.

The boundary springs at the right ends of beam The coupling springs at the junction of beams and The boundary springs at the left ends of beam

-direction spring
-direction spring
-direction spring
Around -axis rotational spring
Around -axis rotational spring
Around -axis rotational spring