Research Article

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

Table 5

The convergence test of the normalized first nonlinear modes with different numbers of basic functions in the forced vibration case.

Residual

0.53610.25807410.2580940.2580760.25807461.738E−05
1.724E−052.135E−064.5023E−07
1.1351.30.5566270.556900.5566790.5566392.302E−04
2.265E−043.934E−051.201E−06
1.461.50.7291680.729780.72928690.72919655.09E−04
5.010E−049.033E−052.826E−05
1.91.80.967220.96861680.96750640.9672961.132E−03
1.11E−032.10E−046.7609E−05

0.67310.3255040.325544260.32550960.3255053.489E−05
3.46E−054.321E−069.229E−07
1.1841.30.58206890.582378150.58212530.582082032.568E−04
2527E−044.333E−051.308E−05
1.4961.50.7451240.74577580.74524820.7451535.367E−04
5.275E−049.460E−052.947E−05
1.9211.80.9767480.9781670.9770320.97681791.157E−03
1.13E−032.143E−046.891E−05

0.84310.41077320.41085340.41078390.41077517.01E−05
6.952E−058.795E−061.913E−07
1.2661.30.6255550.6259230.6256210.6255703.071E−04
30251E−045/087E−051.511E−05
1.5491.50.7744680.7751810.7746030.7745005.886–04
5.787E−041.028E−043.179E−05
1.9531.80.9950410.9965200.9953350.9951121.207E−03
1.184E−032.229E−047.14E−05