Research Article

Effect of Dead Load on Dynamic Characteristics of Rotating Timoshenko Beams

Table 4

Comparison of the first four natural frequencies with different rotating speed.

Rotating speedBeam theory numerical1st mode2nd mode3rd mode4th mode

0 rad/sTimoshenko (error)112.61 (0.02%)702.03 (0.12%)1949.37 (0.29%)3774.58 (0.54%)
Euler (error)112.71 (0.07%)706.36 (0.49%)1977.84 (1.16%)3876.00 (2.13%)
FEM112.63702.891955.133795.08

200 rad/sTimoshenko (error)117.85 (0.02%)706.67 (0.13%)1953.95 (0.30%)3779.57 (0.53%)
Euler (error)117.95 (0.07%)710.99 (0.49%)1982.40 (1.16%)3880.70 (2.13%)
FEM117.87707.541959.743799.88

400 rad/sTimoshenko (error)132.28 (0.01%)720.39 (0.13%)1967.64 (0.30%)3793.75 (0.54%)
Euler (error)132.37 (0.06%)724.71 (0.47%)1996.03 (1.14%)3894.78 (2.11%)
FEM132.29721.301973.503814.23