Residual vibration reduction of a flexible beam deploying from a translating hub

This paper presents a method for reducing the residual vibration of a flexible beam deployed from a translating hub. Whereas previous studies have discussed reducing vibration in translating constant-length beams, this study investigates a vibration reduction method for translating beams of variable length. The partial differential equation of motion for a translating beam is derived and transformed into a variational equation. Based on the discretized equations from the variational equation, the dynamic responses of the flexible beam under translation are analyzed. A vibration reduction method is proposed that is effective for both constant- and variable-length deploying translating beams.