Research Article

A Multimode Approach to Geometrically Nonlinear Free and Forced Vibrations of Multistepped Beams

Table 11

Percentage of generalized forces exciting the first five symmetric modes of three types of beams excited by a uniformly distributed force over an interval of [0.4, 0.6].

ā€‰BeamModes
13579

(a)53.216.68.4211.410.1
(b)52.518.18.929.8210.5
(c)52.717.28.7510.310.9