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Small Vertical Vibrations of Strings with Moving Ends

Tania NUNES RABELLO, Maria Cristina CAMPOS VIEIRA,
Cicero LOPES FROTA, and Luis ADAUTO MEDEIROS
Departamento de Matemática - ITA,
São José dos Campos, SP Brasil

Departamento de Matemática - UEM,
Maringá, PR
IM-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

 

Received: January 17, 2002
Accepted: September 23, 2002
Dedicated to the memory
of Jacques-Louis Lions
ABSTRACT

In this work we investigate a mathematical model for small vertical vibrations of a stretched string when the ends vary with the time t and the cross sections of the string is variable and the density of the material is also variable, that is, r = r(x). It contains Kirchhoff model for fixed ends. We obtain solutions by Galerkin method and estimates in Sobolev spaces.

Key words: strings, Kirchhoff, Sobolev, Galerkin, vibrations.
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification:
74H45.