Research Article

Nonlinear Vibrations of 3D Laminated Composite Beams

Table 4

Natural frequencies (rad/s) of clamped-clamped laminated composite beam with symmetric cross ply [0°/90°/90°/0°], validation with Elmer.

ModeCase  2 [0°/90°/90°/0°]
Beam
60 DOF
Elmer
1 million DOF
Mode shapeDifference %

11188.701184.76 0.333
21496.901496.34 0.037
33196.793146.51 1.598
43958.583900.35 1.493
54876.054821.07 1.141
65979.485898.63 1.371
77198.007169.94 0.391
89498.689269.03 2.478
99740.089644.57 0.990
1011197.1211053.57 1.299