Research Article

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

Table 9

Fundamental frequencies of symmetrical tapered beams under C-C end condition.

θ
BareLoadedBareLoadedBareLoadedBareLoaded

20°196.75394.883210.796101.640224.883108.433239.017115.266
40°48.60323.43652.14925.14455.70126.85859.26128.580
60°21.20510.22222.80110.99235.41111.76425.99712.538
80°11.6515.61312.5626.05313.4716.49314.3806.934
100°7.2613.4957.8513.7808.4394.0659.0254.350
120°4.9032.3575.3152.5575.7262.7566.1362.955
140°3.5011.6803.8051.8264.1081.9744.4092.121
160°2.6081.2492.8401.3613.0711.4733.3011.585
180°2.0080.9592.1891.0472.3701.1352.5511.222

Loaded with additional mass (50 kg) at midpoint of the beam.