Research Article

Free Vibration Analysis of Symmetrically Laminated Folded Plate Structures Using an Element-Free Galerkin Method

Table 2

Dimensionless free vibration frequencies of the onefold laminated plate with the lamination scheme (−45°/45°/−45°/45°/−45°…)10.

Crank angleModesPresent resultsANSYS resultsRelative errors

= 90°110.552210.488620.61%
215.731115.632220.63%
319.292319.118880.91%
422.626922.453920.77%
535.23334.95280.80%

= 150°110.578410.490010.84%
215.429215.328430.66%
319.546719.099682.34%
421.646821.48440.76%
535.315934.972270.98%