Coupled, thermoelastic, large amplitude vibrations of Timoshenko beams

The main goal of this work is to develop accurate and time efficient numerical approaches to study geometrically nonlinear vibrations of moderately thick beams under the combined action of mechanical and thermal loads. The influence of the thermal loading duration and thermal loading amplitude on the response of the structures is studied. Beams subjected to short heat flux and mechanical harmonic loading, with the excitation frequencies close to the natural frequencies of the beams, are investigated. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.