Research Article

Investigation on Free Vibration of Rotating Cylindrical Shells with Variable Thickness

Table 4

Comparisons of natural frequencies for the RCS.

Modesfbff
FEM [28]PresentError (%)FEM [22]PresentError (%)

(1, 3)1830.451831.080.031436.241437.090.06
(1, 4)1714.571713.400.071396.321395.500.06

Note. and represent the backward wave frequency and forward wave frequency, respectively.