Research Article

Influence of Non-Structural Localized Inertia on Free Vibration Response of Thin-Walled Structures by Variable Kinematic Beam Formulations

Table 1

First natural frequencies (Hz) for the cantilever C-shaped beam.

ModeClassical and refined models based on TE LE modelsMSC
EBBMTMB 6 L910 L9FEM-2DFEM-3D

11.75b1.75b1.76b1.76b1.76b1.76b1.76b1.74b1.75b
22.99b2.98b2.93b2.76b2.65b2.56b2.56b2.49b2.54b
310.97b10.90b10.90b7.66t6.73t6.29t6.27t6.09t6.23t
418.67b18.35b12.25t10.89c10.89c10.87c10.87b10.71b10.83b
530.63b30.20b17.46t13.83t12.37t11.46t11.41t10.99t11.34t
651.81b49.83b29.94b24.87t22.54t21.18t21.10t20.29c20.97t
759.75b58.25b34.66t29.93b29.87t29.25t29.19t28.82t29.06t
865.87a65.87a45.76t32.49b30.21b29.89b29.86b29.55b29.75b
998.20b93.73b56.94c41.26c37.12c34.93c34.76c33.44c34.53c
10100.22b94.43b59.22c57.05c53.02c50.23c49.88c48.06c49.51c

DOFs931551395260441853627585938250177000

Axial; bending; coupled; torsional