Vibration Analysis of Cracked Beam Subjected to a Moving Load by Finite Element Method

This article is about the finite element analyzes of simply supported, single cracked beam under moving load with different conditions. FE analysis is performed by the help of Ansys Apdl program. A code for solving the problem is written and it is verified by the existing articles which was handled the same problem by numerical method. After the code is verified, a beam with different crack depth, crack location and moving load speed is analyzed to observe how the different conditions effect the vibration response of the beam. The deflection is higher in cracked beam and it is increasing by the crack depth increases. The moving speed of the load and crack location are also effect the time response of the beam. The finite element analyzes results are given in detail in the article.