Theboundaryelementmethodisusedforthemodalanalysisoffreevibrationof2-Dcompositestructuresinthispaper.Sincetheparticularsolutionmethodisusedtotreatthetermsofbodyforces(inertialforces)intheequationofmotion,onlystaticfundamentalsolutionsareneededinsolvingtheproblem.Foranisotropiccantileverbeam,thenumericalresultsobtainedbyusingtheBEMpresentedinthispaperareingoodagreement,withthoseofusingFEMorotherBEM,butthisBEMcanalsobeusedtoanalyzeproblemsforanisotropicmaterials.Forsimplysupportedcompositelaminatedbeams,thecomparisonsofthenumericalresultsobtainedbythismethodwiththeanalyticalresultsobtainedby1-Dlaminatedbeamtheoryindicatethatiftheratiooflength/thicknessisgreaterthan20,theresultsofthetwomethodsareingoodagreement,butiftheratiooflength/thicknessislessthan20,bigerrorswilloccurfor1-Dlaminatedbeamtheory.
