Research Article

Out-of-Plane Vibration of Curved Uniform and Tapered Beams with Additional Mass

Table 1

Convergence analysis for the out-of-plane natural frequencies of the beam with midpoint mass location (see midpoint position as Position 1 in Table 11) under C-C end condition.

Mode# of elements
102030405060708090100

10.7980.7890.7870.7860.7860.7860.7860.7860.7860.786
26.0766.0156.0036.0005.9975.9965.9955.9955.9955.994
39.5569.4479.4259.4179.4139.4119.4109.4099.4099.408
421.19020.97720.93720.92320.91720.91320.91120.91020.90920.908