%0 Journal Article %T An Efficient Analytical Method for Vibration Analysis of a Beam on Elastic Foundation with Elastically Restrained Ends %A Mustafa £¿zg¨¹r Yayli %A Murat Aras %A S¨¹leyman Aksoy %J Shock and Vibration %D 2014 %R 10.1155/2014/159213 %X An efficient analytical method for vibration analysis of a Euler-Bernoulli beam on elastic foundation with elastically restrained ends has been reported. A Fourier sine series with Stoke¡¯s transformation is used to obtain the vibration response. The general frequency determinant is developed on the basis of the analytical solution of the governing differential equation for all potential solution cases with rigid or restrained boundary conditions. Numerical analyses are performed to investigate the effects of various parameters, such as the springs at the boundaries to examine how the elastic foundation parameters affect the vibration frequencies. 1. Introduction Beams resting on elastic foundations have wide application in engineering practice. The vibration analysis of beams is investigated using various elastic foundation models, such as, Vlasov, Pasternak, and Winkler models. A number of studies have been performed to predict the dynamic response of beams on elastic foundations with different boundary conditions. Numerous works have been performed to explore the static deflection and vibration response of the beams resting on various elastic foundations. Chun [1] has investigated free vibration of hinged beam. Maurizi et al. [2] have considered the vibration frequencies for a beam with different boundary conditions. Vibration of beams on partial elastic foundations has been studied by Doyle and Pavlovic [3]. Laura et al. [4] have investigated beams which carry concentrated masses subject to an axial force. Abbas [5] has investigated vibration of Timoshenko beams with elastically restrained ends. Free vibration and stability behavior of uniform beams and columns with nonlinear elastic end rotational restraints has been considered by Rao and Naidu [6]. Free vibration behaviour of an Euler-Bernoulli beam resting on a variable Winkler foundation has been considered by Kacar et al. [7]. Civalek [8] has implemented differential quadrature and harmonic differential quadrature methods for buckling analysis of thin isotropic plates and elastic columns. H. K. Kim and M. S. Kim [9] have considered vibration of beams with generally restrained boundary conditions. A number of studies have been reported investigating the free vibration of beams on elastic foundation [10¨C25]. Although vibration analysis of beams on elastic foundation is a widely studied topic, there are only few papers that exist in the literature pertaining to the analysis of beams with elastically restrained ends. In this study, an efficient method is introduced for the analysis of the free %U http://www.hindawi.com/journals/sv/2014/159213/