文摘
The paper demonstrates that the transfer matrix method for multibody systems (MSTMM) can easily handle various coupled problems with beams, dashpots, springs and rigid bodies in a unified way. Within a few lines only, transfer equations can be directly deduced from the system drawing based on the element transfer matrices taken from a MSTMM-library. Eigenvalues of systems involving beams can be computed from exact equations with any desired accuracy by solving a minimization problem. The broad band of applications to a couple of problems taken from literature demonstrates simplicity and high efficiency of modeling with a uniform MSTMM approved over the specific proposals in the literature. The proposal method is easy to formulate, systematic to apply and simple to code.