Research Article

A Refined Higher-Order Hybrid Stress Quadrilateral Element for Free Vibration and Buckling Analyses of Reissner-Mindlin Plates

Table 8

Convergence of six lowest nondimensional frequency parameters (, 0.1 and SSSS, CCCC).

BoundaryMeshMode sequence number
123456

(a) QH8 with modified consistent mass matrix (QH8-RCV, )
0.001SSSS2.02085.16005.16008.545710.778210.7782
2.00445.02905.02908.083210.125110.1251
2.00105.00665.00668.017410.026810.0268
Ref. sol2.0005.0005.0008.00010.00010.000
CCCC3.69867.74787.747811.820714.780314.9043
3.65637.48957.489511.103113.531713.5943
3.64847.44787.447810.992213.372613.4356
Ref. sol3.6467.4367.43610.96413.33213.395

0.1SSSS1.94404.68224.68227.35728.96078.9607
1.93354.60624.60627.05168.56638.5663
1.93214.60624.60627.05818.58818.5881
Ref. sol1.9314.6054.6057.0648.6058.605
CCCC3.30086.34016.34019.066710.786110.8677
3.29256.25556.25558.732710.249210.3400
3.29436.27436.27438.775210.319810.4162
Ref. sol3.2926.2766.2768.79210.35610.455

(b) QH8 with lumped mass matrix (QH8-LV)
0.001SSSS1.99974.99704.99707.96919.96949.9694
2.00004.99994.99997.998610.000110.0001
2.00005.00005.00007.99989.99999.9999
Ref. sol2.0005.0005.0008.00010.00010.000
CCCC3.64527.41217.412110.871312.988513.0468
3.64617.43657.436510.963713.331213.3935
3.64607.43637.436310.964413.331813.3949
Ref. sol3.6467.4367.43610.96413.33213.395

0.1SSSS1.94274.63854.63857.05698.55118.5511
1.94524.67104.67107.18958.76708.7670
1.94574.67844.67847.21738.81578.8157
Ref. sol1.9314.6054.6057.0648.6058.605
CCCC3.30196.25246.25248.632210.016910.0917
3.31556.34966.34968.907510.488610.5773
3.31816.36886.36888.962210.575910.6670
Ref. sol3.2926.2766.2768.79210.35610.455