Research Article

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

Table 7

Natural frequencies (×104 Hz) of a cantilever beam for 1000 elements.

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

(100 × 10) 100011110.08240.08220.08220.08240.08300.08240.0822
0.49470.49330.49330.49430.49780.49400.4931
1.28251.28241.28241.28241.28251.28241.2823
1.30371.29951.29941.30191.31101.30111.2990
2.37072.36182.36142.36542.38172.36412.3607
3.61833.60233.60153.60683.63123.60503.6002
3.84503.84453.84443.84453.84463.84433.8442
4.98584.96004.95864.96494.99814.96274.9566
6.39966.39446.39236.39726.39706.39686.3897
6.43326.39766.39756.39926.44156.39726.3972
7.93357.87837.87537.88227.93417.87977.8719
8.93918.93378.93378.93268.93138.93288.9331