Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

1-31-1983

Degree Name

Master of Science in Applied Mathematics - (M.S.)

Department

Mathematics

First Advisor

Denis L. Blackmore

Second Advisor

Simon Cohen

Third Advisor

Roy A. Plastock

Abstract

The differential equation of motion for the C.G. line of a vibrating cantilever beam which is mounted on an eccentric rotating disc is derived. Exact solutions in terms of hypergeometric functions of this fourth order differential equation with variable coefficients are obtained by making several mild assumptions. These solutions include a large class of vibrational modes.

The primary idea leading to the exact solutions is the factorization of the fourth order differential operator into a pair of commuting second order operators.

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