Supercritical equilibrium solutions of axially moving beams with hybrid boundary conditions

In this paper supercritical equilibria and critical speeds of axially moving beams constrained by sleeves with torsion springs are deduced. Transverse vibration of the beams is governed by a nonlinear integro-partial-differential equation. In the supercritical regime, the corresponding static equilibrium equation for the hybrid boundary conditions is analytically solved for the equilibria and the critical speeds. In the view of the non-trivial equilibrium, comparisons are made among the integro-partial-differential equation, a nonlinear partial-differential equation for transverse vibration, and coupled equations for planar motion under the hybrid boundary conditions. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.