In this pager, the analytical expressions of the dynamic compliances o
f both undamped and damped cantilever beams are found by the transfer
function method. From these solutions, the phenomenon of ''pseudo-reso
nance'' of beams is discovered and defined The characteristics of reso
nance and anti-resonance are investigated in detail. The resonance fre
quencies, anti-resonance frequencies and pseudo-resonance frequencies
of the cantilever steel beam are also measured. The calculated results
of these resonance characteristics are compared with the experimental
ones.