Some Investigations on Effect of Notch on Dynamics Characteristics of Cantilever Beams

Beams are very important as per engineering applications is concern and it undergoes different type of loading. Because of different type of loadings there may be chance of failure of structures due to generation of notch.Therefore notch depth and its location are the main parameters for the vibration analysis of beams.The notch depth and its position may affect the natural frequency. Hence, it is essential to study the effect of notch depth and its position on modal natural frequency of the beam for the good performance and its safety. This paper work focus on the examination of these changes, which are useful for identification of notch place.The material of the beam is seleced as mild steel. In this work the comprehensive analysis of cantilever beam with and without notch has been done using analytical analysis and finite element method (FEM) with the help of ANSYS and experimentally using modern National Instruments (NI) Lab-view technique. An experimental set up was developed in which a cantilever beam was excited by a hammer and the response was obtained using an accelerometer.This method describes the relation between the various dynamics characteristics as modal natural frequency and notch depth, modal natural frequency with notch location. This paper focus on the study of dynamic properties of cantilever beams subjected to free vibration under the influence of notch at different points along the length.