Free vibrations of shallow orthotropic shells with variable thickness and rectangular planform

The free vibrations of shallow doubly curved orthotropic shells with rectangular planform and varying thickness is solved using a refined formulation and the spline-approximation method. Various boundary conditions are considered. The effect of the curvature of the mid-surface on the spectrum of natural frequencies is examined. The natural frequencies and modes of orthotropic shells of constant and varying thickness are compared and analyzed     

Stress state of nonthin orthotropic shells with varying thickness and rectangular planform

The stress-strain state of a shallow orthotropic shell with rectangular planform and thickness varying in two coordinate directions is studied. A refined problem formulation is used. Different boundary conditions are considered. A numerical analytic approach based on the spline approximation and discrete orthogonalization is developed. The stress-strain state of shallow orthotropic shells whose thickness is varied keeping its mass constant is studied Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 91–102, August 2008.     

Free vibrations of rectangular orthotropic shallow shells with varying thickness

The paper proposes a numerical-analytic approach to studying the free vibrations of orthotropic shallow shells with double curvature and rectangular planform. The approach is based on the spline-approximation of unknown functions. Calculations are carried out for different types of boundary conditions. The influence of the mid-surface curvature and variable thickness on the behavior of dynamic characteristics is studied __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 102–115, June 2007.     

Stress-strain state of shallow shells with rectangular planform and varying thickness: Refined formulation

The stress-strain state of a shallow shell with rectangular planform and varying thickness is analyzed in a refined formulation for different boundary conditions. A numerical-and-analytic method is developed based on the spline-approximation and discrete-orthogonalization methods. The stress-strain state of shallow shells with thickness varied without change in weight is analyzed __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 10, pp. 80–91, October 2007.     

Influence of reinforcement and elastic foundation on the vibrations of shallow shells with rectangular planform

A method for determining the natural frequencies and modes of ribbed shallow shells with rectangular planform on an elastic foundation is developed. The method takes into account the discrete arrangement of the ribs. A shallow spherical shell with square planform is considered as example to analyze the effect of the number of ribs and the Winkler and Pasternak coefficients of subgrade reaction on the natural frequencies and modes. It is recommended to take into account the discrete arrangement of ribs when they are few     

Solution describing the natural vibrations of rectangular shallow shells with varying thickness

Natural vibrations of shallow cylindrical shells with rectangular plan and varying thickness are studied using a spline-approximation method developed previously. Computation is carried out for different types of boundary conditions. The effect of the curvature of the midsurface on the natural frequencies is examined. The natural frequencies of shells with constant and varying thickness are compared __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 89–98, April 2007.     

Nonlinear analysis of doubly curved symmetrically laminated shallow shells with rectangular planform

Summary A multi-mode solution to the dynamic Marguerre-type nonlinear equations is presented for the nonlinear free vibration of doubly curved, symmetrically laminated, imperfect shallow shells of rectangular planform on a Winkler-Pasternak elastic foundation. The shell edges are assumed to be transversely supported and the variation of rotational stiffness is identical along opposite edges. Generalized double Fourier series with time-dependent coefficients and the method of harmonic balance are used in the solution. The boundary condition for the varying rotational stiffness is fulfilled by replacement of bending moments along the four edges by an equivalent lateral pressure. Based on a single-mode approximation numerical results for the amplitude-frequency response of doubly curved isotropic, orthotropic, cross-ply and angle-ply shallow shells with square planform are presented for various boundary conditions, material properties, curvature ratios, initial imperfections, edge tensions, and moduli of the elastic foundation. Graphical results for postbuckling behavior of an imperfect angle-ply cylindrical panel are also presented as a special case.

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Nichtlineares Verhalten zweifach gekrümmter, symmetrisch geschichteter dünner Schalen mit rechteckigem Grundriß

Übersicht Vorgestellt wird eine Mehrfachwellenform-Lösung der dynamischen Gleichungen vom Marguerre-Typ für die nichtlinearen Eigenschwingungen zweifach gekrümmter dünner Schalen aus symmetrischen Schichtungen, die geometrisch imperfekt sind und über einen rechteckigen Grundriß auf einer elastischen Winkler-Pasternak-Bettung lagern. Angenommen wird eine gelenkige Lagerung der Plattenränder mit einer veränderlichen Drehbehinderung, die auf gegenüberliegenden Rändern gleich ist. Zur Lösung werden verallgemeinerte zweifache Fourier-Reihen mit zeitabhängigen Koeffizienten und die Methode der harmonischen Balance benutzt. Die Randbedingung für die veränderliche Drehbehinderung wird dadurch erfüllt, daß die Randmomente durch einen äquivalenten Vertikaldruck ersetzt werden. Mit der Näherung nur einer Wellenform werden numerische Ergebnisse für die Beziehung zwischen Amplitude und Frequenz angegeben; variiert werden dabei die Randbedingungen, die anfänglichen Imperf ektionen, die Krümmungsverhältnisse, die Bettungszahlen und die Materialkonstanten, wobei die Platte entweder isotrop oder bei recht- und schiefwinkliger Schichtung orthotrop ist. Als Sonderfall wird auch das Nachbeulverhalten einer imperfekten, schiefwinklig geschichteten Zylinderschale graphisch dargestellt.

     

Free vibrations of flexible shallow shells of complex shape

A method is proposed for studying the free vibrations of flexible shallow shells with a complex planform. The method is based on variational and R-function methods. The R-function method allows constructing a system of basis functions in an analytic form. This makes it possible to reduce the Donnell-Mushtari-Vlasov equations to Duffing equations. The amplitude-frequency characteristics of shallow shells with a complex planform are given for different curvatures and boundary conditions. The results obtained are compared with published results for simply supported square shells to demonstrate the reliability and efficiency of the method __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 99–109, April 2007.     

Nonlinear natural frequency of shallow conical shells with variable thickness

IntroductionTheplatesandtheshellswithvariablethicknessarewidelyusedinengineering .Theproblemaboutstaticshasbeenstudiedbymanyscholars;therearemanyRefs .[1 -4 ]inthisfield .Papersaboutnonlineardynamicsaremuchless[5 ,6 ].Inthispaper,selectingthemaximumamplitudeinthecenterofshallowconicalshellswithvariablethicknessasperturbationparameter,thenonlinearnaturalfrequencyofshallowconicalshellswithvariablethicknessisobtainedbymethodgiveninRef.[7] .Thenonlinearnaturalfrequencyisnotonlyconnectedwiththeva…     

Numerical and experimental analysis of natural vibrations of rectangular plates with variable thickness

It is proposed to solve problems on natural vibrations of rectangular plates of variable thickness under complex boundary conditions using the numerical-analytical spline-collocation method in combination with the discrete-orthogonalization method and the experimental method of holographic interferometry. As a mathematical model, the problem on natural vibrations of a square plate with constant thickness and fixed ends is solved. The approximate solutions obtained are compared with experimental data. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 131–134, February 2000.     

One approach to the construction of the basic equations of the theory of nonthin shells with variable thickness

A method for determining the principal curvatures of medium-thickness shells through the vector representation of local bases is proposed based on the parametrization of the base median surface of a shell and its front surfaces. Repeated partial derivatives of vector functions with respect to variable Gaussian coordinates, which is a standard practice in theory of shells when calculating the curvatures as coefficients of the second quadratic form, are not used. Such an approach allows us to accurately account for the geometry of the front surfaces of the shell in determining its stress-strain state. S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 35, No. 9, pp. 58–65, September, 1998.     

Nonlinear bending of the shallow spherical shells with variable thickness under axisymmetrical loads

Based on the differential equation of the nonlinear bending of shallow sphericalshells with variable thickness under axisymmetrical loads,this paper studies thenumerical solution of the nonlinear differential equation by means of interpolatingmatrix method.The analysis of the results indicates that the suggested method is easyto implement and obtains the same high accuracy for both the displacements and theinternal forces.     

Stress-strain analysis of closed nonthin orthotropic conical shells of varying thickness

The approach developed to solve two-dimensional static problems for nonthin conical shells of varying thickness is used to examine the effect of the geometrical parameters on the stress-strain state of shells. The approach is based on spline-approximation and a stable numerical method of solving one-dimensional problems __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 46–58, June 2008.