Vibrations Analysis of Rectangular Plates with Clamped Corners

Abstract

This paper discusses the fundamental natural frequency of a thin elastic rectangular, isotropic and orthotropic, plates with clamped corners. Rayleigh’s method was used to analytically calculate the plate lowest natural frequency. In this solution, the vibration mode shape was assumed in a form that certifies the displacement as well as the rotational boundary conditions of the current problem. Finally, this paper provides useful information for evaluating the natural frequency of a plate with fixed corners with different mass attachments configurations.