Research Article

Regular and Chaotic Dynamics of Flexible Plates

Table 1

Plate bifurcations.

Points1st bifurcation 2nd bifurcation 3rd bifurcation 4th bifurcation Difference between theoretical and computed value in %

12 13.67513.73513.746513.74894
5.2173914.7131150.22006

14 13.4413.4913.50007812513.502232
4.96124…4.67906679… 0.21847

16 13.2713.32313.33413.33635
4.8181824.6735190.21821