Research Article

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

Table 6

Natural frequencies (×104 Hz) of a cantilever beam for 250 elements.

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

(50 × 5) 2503060.08300.08230.08220.08310.08520.08270.0822
0.49890.49370.49360.49860.51040.49620.4931
1.28271.28261.28261.28271.28281.28251.2823
1.31681.30101.30051.31271.34211.30631.2990
2.39922.36552.36402.38392.43432.37262.3607
3.67013.60943.60643.63313.70573.61653.6002
3.84673.84503.84493.84483.84493.84453.8442
5.06974.97164.96674.99845.09344.97654.9566
6.40626.39846.39836.39656.39556.39716.3897
6.55906.41166.40436.43916.55586.41216.3972
8.11197.90197.89187.92748.06527.89577.8719
8.95628.93478.93488.92908.92518.93208.9331