Research Article

FE-Meshfree QUAD4 Element with Modified Radial Point Interpolation Function for Structural Dynamic Analysis

Table 4

Natural frequencies (×104 Hz) of a cantilever beam for 10 elements.

Number of elementsNumber of nodesFEM-QUAD4FE-Meshfree (QS, )FE-Meshfree (MQ, )FE-Meshfree (MQ, )FE-Meshfree (Exp, )FE-Meshfree (Exp, )Reference (ABAQUS Quad8)

(10 × 1) 10220.10000.08240.08250.09090.11300.08480.0822
0.60770.50580.50500.54550.67320.51200.4931
1.28631.28461.28441.28491.28581.28391.2823
1.64221.36721.36211.42811.71401.35391.2990
3.09582.55832.54372.57292.94372.47192.3607
3.89183.84213.84303.83843.85963.80713.6002
4.93114.02083.99473.90794.20153.84053.8442
6.59475.69275.66935.42185.46145.35724.9566
7.11106.36926.37626.34226.40736.36566.3897
9.45177.50797.53137.15926.86537.19096.3972
9.57478.86008.88218.77028.64968.85187.8719
12.1889.48239.60679.16419.85409.41008.9331