Free transverse vibration analysis of laminated composite beams with arbitrary number of concentrated masses

In this study, a new closed-form solution for transverse free vibration analysis of laminated composite beams (LCBs) with arbitrary number of concentrated masses is developed. The LCB is modeled based on the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory and concentrated masses are simulated considering Dirac delta function. Obtained governing equations are, then, solved semianalytically, while the frequency equation and mode shapes are extracted for two different...