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Abstract
This paper attempts to assess the effectiveness of the method of truncated Fourier series in problems of structural optimization. That is done by studying the transient vibrations for a shear beam subjected to a uniform load which is applied as a step function in time. First, second, and third order solutions are constructed; their performance is compared to “exact” solutions obtained by numerical integration.