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Title: Symmetries and integrability of a fourth-order Euler-Bernoulli beam equation

Abstract

The complete symmetry group classification of the fourth-order Euler-Bernoulli ordinary differential equation, where the elastic modulus and the area moment of inertia are constants and the applied load is a function of the normal displacement, is obtained. We perform the Lie and Noether symmetry analysis of this problem. In the Lie analysis, the principal Lie algebra which is one dimensional extends in four cases, viz. the linear, exponential, general power law, and a negative fractional power law. It is further shown that two cases arise in the Noether classification with respect to the standard Lagrangian. That is, the linear case for which the Noether algebra dimension is one less than the Lie algebra dimension as well as the negative fractional power law. In the latter case the Noether algebra is three dimensional and is isomorphic to the Lie algebra which is sl(2,R). This exceptional case, although admitting the nonsolvable algebra sl(2,R), remarkably allows for a two-parameter family of exact solutions via the Noether integrals. The Lie reduction gives a second-order ordinary differential equation which has nonlocal symmetry.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261 (Saudi Arabia)
  2. Centre for Differential Equations, Continuum Mechanics and Applications, School of Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050 (South Africa)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21335970
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 51; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3377045; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ALGEBRA; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXACT SOLUTIONS; INTEGRALS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; LIE GROUPS; MOMENT OF INERTIA; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SYMMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS

Citation Formats

Bokhari, Ashfaque H, Zaman, F D, and Mahomed, F M. Symmetries and integrability of a fourth-order Euler-Bernoulli beam equation. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1063/1.3377045.
Bokhari, Ashfaque H, Zaman, F D, & Mahomed, F M. Symmetries and integrability of a fourth-order Euler-Bernoulli beam equation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3377045
Bokhari, Ashfaque H, Zaman, F D, and Mahomed, F M. 2010. "Symmetries and integrability of a fourth-order Euler-Bernoulli beam equation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3377045.
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title = {Symmetries and integrability of a fourth-order Euler-Bernoulli beam equation},
author = {Bokhari, Ashfaque H and Zaman, F D and Mahomed, F M},
abstractNote = {The complete symmetry group classification of the fourth-order Euler-Bernoulli ordinary differential equation, where the elastic modulus and the area moment of inertia are constants and the applied load is a function of the normal displacement, is obtained. We perform the Lie and Noether symmetry analysis of this problem. In the Lie analysis, the principal Lie algebra which is one dimensional extends in four cases, viz. the linear, exponential, general power law, and a negative fractional power law. It is further shown that two cases arise in the Noether classification with respect to the standard Lagrangian. That is, the linear case for which the Noether algebra dimension is one less than the Lie algebra dimension as well as the negative fractional power law. In the latter case the Noether algebra is three dimensional and is isomorphic to the Lie algebra which is sl(2,R). This exceptional case, although admitting the nonsolvable algebra sl(2,R), remarkably allows for a two-parameter family of exact solutions via the Noether integrals. The Lie reduction gives a second-order ordinary differential equation which has nonlocal symmetry.},
doi = {10.1063/1.3377045},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21335970}, journal = {Journal of Mathematical Physics},
issn = {0022-2488},
number = 5,
volume = 51,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Sat May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}