Research Article

Nonlinear Free and Forced Vibration Behavior of Shear-Deformable Composite Beams with Shape Memory Alloy Fibers

Table 6

The nonlinear natural frequency for different values of with various (, , and   = 0.005).

Beam theory = 20°C = 60°C = 120°C

1Euler-Bernoulli1.7838 × 1041.8512 × 1041.9347 × 104
Timoshenko1.3332 × 1041.4222 × 1041.5295 × 104

5Euler-Bernoulli5.2551 × 1045.2779 × 1045.3073 × 104
Timoshenko5.1197 × 1045.1432 × 1045.1733 × 104

7Euler-Bernoulli7.2145 × 1047.2309 × 1047.2520 × 104
Timoshenko7.1165 × 1047.1331 × 1047.1545 × 104