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Free vibrations of a partially clamped trapezoidal plate

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The natural frequencies and mode shapes of partially clamped trapezoidal cantilever plates having various swept-back angles are examined numerically and experimentally by a finite-element computer program, SAP6, and holographic interferometry, respectively. A good agreement is found between the numerical and the experimental results. The influence of the clamped position, the free-width ratio, and the swept-back angle on the vibratory behavior of the trapezoidal plates is investigated.

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Chen, T.Y., Wang, W.R., Ju, J.J. et al. Free vibrations of a partially clamped trapezoidal plate. Experimental Mechanics 35, 49–54 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02325834

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