Research Article

Analytical Solution for the Free Vibration Analysis of Delaminated Timoshenko Beams

Table 2

First three dimensionless natural frequencies of the beam with a central and midplane delamination.

Method
0.0010.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9

Present22.3921.4822.2021.3421.6921.3619.9117.6815.2513.06
Analytical [6]22.3722.3722.3622.2421.8320.8919.3017.2315.0513.00
Analytical [1]22.3922.3722.3522.2321.8320.8819.2917.2315.0513.00
FEM [16]22.3622.3622.3522.2321.8220.8819.2817.2215.0512.99

Present61.6660.7955.9848.9943.9341.5240.9840.8139.0635.39
Analytical [6]61.6760.8156.0049.0043.8941.5241.0440.8239.0735.39
Analytical [1]61.6760.7655.9749.0043.8741.4540.9340.7239.0135.38
FEM [16]61.6160.7455.9548.9743.8641.5041.0140.8039.0435.38

Present120.75115.13118.02107.2293.5882.3678.2878.6176.5769.50
Analytical [6]120.90120.83118.87109.1693.5982.2977.6977.1875.4369.19
Analytical [1]120.91120.81118.76109.0493.5782.2977.6477.0575.3369.17
FEM [16]120.68120.62118.69109.0393.5182.2377.6477.1275.3969.16