Abstract:
This thesis presents numerical modelling of discretized simply supported beam under dynamic
loading. The beam problem can be efficiently evaluated by devising an analytical problem and
then by suitably selecting a computational algorithm for the numerical solution of dynamic
problem. The simple beam is envisaged as an assembly of nodes with connected elements in which
the mass is lumped at convenient nodes locations. Kinetic and kinematic structural laws are
established under the restriction of small displacements in nodal forms. Impact loading,
constituting high-intensity dynamic pressures and causing a global dynamic response, is
considered.
