The aim of the paper is to study the effects of an accelerometer mass on natural frequency of a cantilever beam of AZ61 magnesium alloy. The fundamental natural frequency of the beam is determined experimentally using vibration analyzer OROS-34 for different location of accelerometer mass on the beam. Vibration in the beam is generated by a lightweight hand hammer. Analytical formulation is done to calculate modal properties of a mass loaded beam. Further, the problem is simulated using ANSYS and the simulated results are compared with the experimental and analytical results.
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