Research Article

An Exact Series Solution for the Vibration of Mindlin Rectangular Plates with Elastically Restrained Edges

Table 6

The first seven frequency parameters 1/2 for Mindlin rectangular plates with two opposite free edges, the other two edges only elastically restrained against translation .

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5Present 0.30510.30710.53971.29221.82482.20092.8356
[4]0.30520.30750.53961.31171.84472.20892.8913

50Present 0.69260.80721.57851.92202.13742.77753.3443
[4]0.69410.82251.57971.92682.16342.79193.3823

500Present 0.87821.22032.61772.86623.14614.21795.0805
[4]0.88311.30812.75832.87673.20894.35845.0980

5000Present 0.9051.3062.78513.13193.48454.70695.1891
[4]0.91051.42542.95413.14853.61574.98565.3230