Composite materials are made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties, that when combined, produce a material with entirely different characteristics. They are exceptionally strong and light compared to traditional materials. Bidirectional composite beam of rectangular cross section was fabricated using bi-directional glass fibers and epoxy resin. It was then subjected to free vibration analysis considering the beam as cantilever with

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... xed free boundary condition. The natural frequencies of the beam corresponding to different modes were estimated using a vibration measuring apparatus integrated with software. Along with the experimental analysis, modal analysis was also conducted on the beam using ANSYS commercial finite element software. The results of both the analyses were compared and were found to be in good agreement.