Axisymmetric isospectral annular plates and membranes

A simpler ‘conditional’ form of the vibrating plateequation for which all the physical parameters may be spatiallyvarying is found when the relationship D(1 – v) = constantis satisfied between flexural rigidity and Poisson's ratio.A method of coordinate inversion is used to find a family ofinhomogeneous clamped annular plates (with axisymmetric spatiallyvarying density, thickness, Young's modulus, and Poisson's ratio)which have the same complete frequency spectrum as a standardhomogeneous clamped annular plate of the same inner and outerradii. In particular, these inhomogeneous plates have inversefourthpower radial dependence of density. General radial power-lawtransformations are also considered, leading to conclusionsfor the axisymmetric vibration spectra. Various results forcircular and annular membranes also emerge from the analysis.