Research Article

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

Table 8

The first four eigenvalues for clamped-clamped tapered beams varying in depth with a taper ratio denoted by : and .

ā€‰Mode index
1234

Present work4.48127.439710.416413.3922
[34]4.48087.439010.415513.3911
Rel diff (%)0.00940.0090.0080.007