Research Article

Accurate Solution for Orthotropic Beams with Continuously Variable Cross Sections

Table 2

The stresses on for the beam with linearly changed thicknesses, in which .

x/L
PresentFEPresentFEPresentFE

0.000.01700.01500.014
0.1−56.4−56.5−52.9−53.0−49.6−49.7
0.2−88.7−88.8−78.5−78.6−69.9−70.0
0.3−103−103−86.9−86.8−74.0−74.0
0.4−105−105−84.5−84.5−69.4−69.4
0.5−99.9−100−78.3−78.3−63.0−63.0