Research Article

Free Vibration of a Perfectly Clamped-Free Beam with Stepwise Eccentric Distributed Masses

Table 5

Natural frequencies found by FEA for large affected region scenarios.

Mode Uniform beamBeam with stepped load
[Hz]Scenario [Hz]

14.08986A4.10330
B4.08236
C4.03839
D4.21423
E4.04695
F4.24427

225.62655A26.62145
B25.11124
C25.25335
D25.73864
E24.718923
F25.68827

371.75447A75.53598
B70.08363
C70.67144
D74.09155
E71.65492