Abstract
The stress distribution of a rotating cantilever beam in transient vibration is investigated in this paper. The equations of motion of the rotating bean are derived and numerical results are obtained. The tensile and bending stresses which occur when the beam rotates with the tuned angular speed or passes through the tuned angular speed are obtained. Since those stresses are usually significant during the rotational motion, it is important to estimate them accurately in the design of the rotating structure.