Natural Vibrations of Ribbed Cylindrical Shells with Low Shear Stiffness

A technique is proposed to determine the natural frequencies of rib-reinforced cylindrical shells with low shear stiffness. The equations of motion based on the Timoshenko model are used. The influence of the transverse shear moduli of the shell and ribs on the minimum natural frequencies and corresponding modes is studied by way of numerical examples. It is shown that the effect of the discrete ribs is different from that predicted by the classical theory of ribbed shells__________Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 66–74, April 2005.