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Planar frame structures made of a viscoelastic material are considered in the paper. The technically very important structures made of a homogenous material are contemplated. A family of rheological models (classic and fractional) are used to describe the mechanical properties of the viscoelastic material. In particular, the dynamic characteristics of the structures are of interest. A numerically very efficient method is proposed to determine such characteristics. The method requires the solution to the linear eigenvalue problem for corresponding elastic structures and the solution to a nonlinear, algebraic equation. The presented method is much more efficient than other methods where, very often, the continuation method is used to solve the nonlinear eigenvalue problem. The influence of temperature changes on dynamic characteristics is analyzed using the frequency–temperature principle. The results of several parametric analyses are presented and discussed. For the first time, the influence of temperature on the dynamic characteristics of beams has been studied in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A method for analyzing the influence of temperature on the dynamic characteristics of structures with viscoelastic dampers is proposed in this paper. Dampers which are described by so-called fractional rheological models are considered. The temperature-frequency superposition principle is used to describe the influence of temperature on the dynamic characteristics. The concept of continuous dependence of damping on an artificially introduced parameter is adopted for solving, in an approximate way, the nonlinear eigenvalue problem from which dynamic characteristics are determined. The correctness and effectiveness of the method was verified by means of two examples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• The subspace iteration method is used to solve nonlinear eigenvalue problem. • The continuation method is used to solve the nonlinear Hermitian eigenproblem. • The method presented allows determination of only a part of eigenvalues. • The method was tested for structures with viscoelastic elements. • The models of VE elements are described with the help of fractional derivatives. The paper presents an extension of the subspace iteration method for application in systems with viscoelastic damping elements, which are described by both classical and fractional models. The presented method enables determination of only a certain number of eigenvalues and associated eigenvectors. This is very useful, especially when the considered problem has many degrees of freedom, in which case it would be very time-consuming or even impossible to determine all the eigenvalues. At the same time, from the engineering point of view, it is not necessary to know all the eigenvalues. In this paper, the subspace iteration method is used for the first time to solve the nonlinear eigenproblems which appear in the dynamic analysis of systems with viscoelastic damping elements. The proposed solution consists of assuming the number of eigenvalues to be determined, taking the initial point of iteration and then solving the nonlinear reduced eigenproblem with Hermitian matrices in each iterative loop. The solution to the reduced eigenproblem is obtained using the continuation method, and it is an additional novelty in the paper. The correctness and effectiveness of the proposed approach are illustrated with numerical examples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• The refined zig-zag theory is used to solve the dynamic problem for composite beams with viscoelastic layers. • The fractional Zener model is used in analysis. • The dynamic characteristics of multi-layered viscoelastic beams are of interest. • The hierarchical FEM and the Laplace transform are used to derive the nonlinear eigenvalue problem. • The continuation method is adopted to solve the nonlinear eigenvalue problem. In the present paper the displacement based refined zig-zag theory is used, for the first time, to solve dynamic problems of composite and sandwich beams made of both elastic and VE layers. The linear constitutive relations are used to model physical properties of the VE layers. The rheological models can be in the classical or fractional versions, but the main focus is on the fractional Zener model. The dynamic characteristics of considered beams are evaluated. The hierarchical finite element and the Laplace transformation are used to derive the nonlinear eigenvalue problem and its solutions yield the required dynamic characteristics of beams. The continuation method is adopted to solve this problem numerically. Accuracy, effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method are verified in several examples. The results of the presented calculations are summarized with some conclusions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]