Research Article

A Semianalytical Approach for Free Vibration Characteristics of Functionally Graded Spherical Shell Based on First-Order Shear Deformation Theory

Table 4

Comparison of the natural frequencies for the isotropic spherical shell.

Mode no.n, mPresentExperimentalError (%)FEMError (%)

11, 25778.65788.50.175775.90.05
21, 36310.86323.10.196303.50.12
32, 26055.36072.20.286052.50.05
42, 36439.76455.20.246432.30.11
53, 36581.76608.80.416573.90.12