This document discusses flexural vibration testing of beams to determine their natural frequencies and structural behavior under loads. It provides background on the early investigation of beam bending vibrations by Bernoulli. The purpose of flexural vibration analysis is to understand structural response to loads and obtain design information like deformations and stresses. The document then describes testing methods for determining the Young's modulus of timber guardrail beams through flexural vibration tests by applying and measuring compressive loads and detecting the resonance frequencies. The tests aim to characterize the effective end conditions of bolted guardrail beams.