Research Article

Dynamic Analysis of a Tapered Composite Thin-Walled Rotating Shaft Embedded with SMA Wires Using the Generalized Differential Quadrature Method

Figure 3

The natural frequencies versus rotating speed of the tapered composite rotating shaft with SMA and without SMA for C-C boundary condition (): (a) the first mode; (b) the second mode; (c) the third mode.
(a)
(b)
(c)