SummaryAn investigation has been made into the errors involved in using certain lumped parameter methods for the solution of beam frequencies. It is found that existing methods are not consistent for all boundary conditions. A new dynamic stiffness matrix has been formulated, which gives consistently good results for even a few elements. The error in the solution is always inversely proportional to the fourth power of the number of elements used.
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