Research Article

Nonlinear Vibrations of 3D Laminated Composite Beams

Table 5

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

ModeCase  3 [0°/90°/0°/90°]
Beam
60 DOF
Elmer
1 million DOF
Mode shapeDifference %

11102.011096.80( , )0.476
21188.691186.15( , )0.215
32967.672912.99( , )1.877
43196.753153.58( , )1.369
54932.524874.94 1.181
65564.635461.35( , )1.891
75979.395919.25( , )1.016
88856.428583.29( , )3.182
99498.009313.68( , )1.979
109851.149751.74 1.019