The transversal creeping vibrations of a nonhomogeneous beam with fractional derivative order constitutive relation (Q2500864)

Summary: We consider transversal vibratons of two-layer straight bar under the action of lengthwise random forces. It is assumed that the layers of the bar are made of nonhomogeneous continuously creeping material, and the corresponding modulus of elasticity and creeping fractional order derivative of constitutive relation of each layer are continuous functions of length coordinate and thickness coordinates. Partial fractional differential equation and particular solutions for the case of natural vibrations of the beam are derived in the presence of rotation inertia, and eigenfunction and time function are determined for different boundary conditions. By using the derived partial fractional differential equation of the beam vibrations, we investigate the almost sure stochastic stability of the beam dynamic shapes corresponding to the \(n\)th shape of the beam elastic form forced by a bounded axial noise excitation. By the use of S. T. Ariaratnam's idea, as well as of the averaging method, the upper Lyapunov exponent is evaluated asymptotically when the intensity of excitation process is small.