Research Article

Structural Damping Effects on Dynamic Instability of Subtangentially Loaded and Shear Deformable Beck’s Columns

Table 2

Dimensionless natural frequencies and damping coefficients of a cantilever beam.

PropertyShear parameter,
0.0 (2.55 × 10−5)0.0050.02

Dimensionless natural frequency3.5160 (3.5157)3.46323.3203
22.035 (22.022)20.00416.210

Dimensionless damping coefficients corresponding to a proportional damping ratio of 0.1%6.064 × 10−35.904 × 10−35.512 × 10−3
7.828 × 10−58.523 × 10−51.024 × 10−4

Dimensionless damping coefficients corresponding to a proportional damping ratio of 2%1.213 × 10−11.181 × 10−11.102 × 10−1
1.566 × 10−31.705 × 10−32.048 × 10−3

The values in parentheses denote the shear parameter and frequencies evaluated for the column given in Table 1.