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Exact Solutions and Mode Transition for Out-of-Plane Vibrations of Nonuniform Beams with Variable Curvature

Sen-Yung Lee¹, Shueei-Muh Lin^2,3, Kai-Ping Chang¹

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Re-public of China
2 Mechanical Engineering Department, Kun Shan University, Tainan, Taiwan 710-03, Republic ofChina
3 Corresponding author E-mail: smlin45@gmail.com