Abstract
The influences of different boundary conditions on the free vibration behavior of sandwich beams having an orthotropic core have been investigated. The finite element codes used in the analysis are written via MATLAB and infused into ANSYS software package. The two-dimensional beam is considered to be made of an orthotropic core and two isotropic face sheets which may be homogeneous or heterogenous. The longitudinal dominated natural frequencies are considered and effects of core and face-sheet materials on the natural frequency are also studied. The results show that the order of the natural frequencies from highest to lowest, respectively, is clamped-clamped, clamped-simply supported, simply supported-simply supported and clamped-free for the orthotropic core composite beam. Also, using Al-TiB2 instead of pure Al layer as well as the increasing the inhomogeneity index decreases the natural frequency.