Closed-form solutions for vibrations analysis of cracked Timoshenko beams on elastic medium: An analytically approach

•A novel analytically method for analysing the dynamic behaviour of Timoshenko beam model.•The natural frequencies are derived by means auxiliary functions.•For different values of soil parameter and crack, typical results are presented.•The results are presented in tabular form.•Comparison of the p...

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