Research Article

Dynamic Behavior of a Bidirectional Functionally Graded Sandwich Beam under Nonuniform Motion of a Moving Load

Table 3

Convergence of the element in evaluating frequencies of BFGSW beam (L/h = 20).

nxnzNE = 16NE = 18NE = 20NE = 22NE = 24NE = 26

(2-1-2)0.50.34.70974.70964.70964.70964.70964.7096
13.86373.86373.86363.86353.86343.8634
33.21153.21133.21123.21113.21103.2110
10.34.83664.83664.83664.83664.83654.8365
13.85743.85733.85733.85723.85713.8571
33.25213.25203.25193.25183.25173.2517

(2-2-1)0.50.34.85764.85754.85754.85754.85754.8575
14.17044.17034.17024.17024.17014.1701
33.60983.60973.60963.60953.60943.6094
10.33.60663.60663.60653.60953.60953.6095
14.15994.159984.15984.15974.15974.1597
33.62923.62903.62903.62893.62883.6288