Research Article

Free Vibration Analysis of Rotating Pretwisted Functionally Graded Sandwich Blades

Table 1

Convergence of nondimensional frequency parameters for the first six modes of the homogeneous material blade (, , and ).

ModeANSYS5 × 5 × 55 × 6 × 65 × 7 × 75 × 8 × 85 × 9 × 9
ValueErrorValueErrorValueErrorValueErrorValueError

1st3.42253.4217−0.02%3.4102−0.36%3.4077−0.43%3.4194−0.09%3.4124−0.30%
2nd20.717720.76060.21%20.7156−0.01%20.72220.02%20.75400.18%20.72700.04%
3rd21.960822.26501.39%21.97180.05%22.12780.76%22.08610.57%22.03400.33%
4th58.852459.63221.33%54.3477−7.65%58.1334−1.22%58.1917−1.12%58.0295−1.40%
5th64.582966.50172.97%64.0481−0.83%65.65671.66%65.48721.40%65.64061.64%
6th68.011468.96401.40%68.19820.27%68.61680.89%68.41440.59%68.36780.52%