Exact solutions for vibration of cylindrical shells with intermediate ring supports

This paper presents new exact solutions for vibration of thin circular cylindrical shells with intermediate ring supports, based on the Goldenveizer–Novozhilov shell theory (Theory of thin shells; The theory of thin elastic shells). An analytical method is proposed to study the vibration behaviour of the ring supported cylindrical shells. In the proposed method, the state-space technique is employed to derive the homogenous differential equation system for a shell segment and a domain decomposition approach is developed to cater for the continuity requirements between shell segments. Exact frequency parameters are presented in tables and design charts for circular cylindrical shells having multiple intermediate ring supports and various combinations of end support conditions. These exact vibration frequencies may serve as important benchmark values for researchers to validate their numerical methods for such circular cylindrical shell problems.     

Free vibration of a laminated composite shell of revolution: Effects of shear non-linearity

Effects of shear non-linearity on free vibration of a laminated composite shell of revolution are investigated using a semi-analytical method based on the Reissner–Mindlin shell theory. The coupling between symmetric and anti-symmetric vibration modes of the shell is considered in the shear deformable shell element employed in this study. The Hahn–Tsai non-linearly elastic shear stress–shear strain relation is adopted. Numerical examples are given for laminated composite circular cylindrical and conical shells with various boundary conditions. The numerical results indicate that shear non-linearity may reduce significantly the fundamental frequencies of cross-ply composite shells of revolution.     

Vibration of twisted laminated composite conical shells

A methodology for free vibration of a laminated composite conical shell with twist is proposed, in which a strain–displacement relationship of a twisted conical shell is given by considering the Green strain tensor on the general thin shell theory, the principle of virtual work is utilized, and the governing equation is formulated by the Rayleigh–Ritz procedure with algebraic polynomials in two elements as admissible displacement functions. The convergence, the accuracy and the validity of the methodology are verified by comparisons. As a result of the vibration frequencies and mode shapes, the effects of the laminated constructional and the geometric parameters, such as the number of laminae, the fiber orientation angles, the twist angle, the subtended angle and the taper ratio, on the vibration characteristics are studied by the present methodology.     

Closed-form solutions for crack detection problem of Timoshenko beams with various boundary conditions

An analytical approach for crack identification procedure in uniform beams with an open edge crack, based on bending vibration measurements, is developed in this research. The cracked beam is modeled as two segments connected by a rotational mass-less linear elastic spring with sectional flexibility, and each segment of the continuous beam is assumed to obey Timoshenko beam theory. The method is based on the assumption that the equivalent spring stiffness does not depend on the frequency of vibration, and may be obtained from fracture mechanics. Six various boundary conditions (i.e., simply supported, simple–clamped, clamped–clamped, simple–free shear, clamped–free shear, and cantilever beam) are considered in this research. Considering appropriate compatibility requirements at the cracked section and the corresponding boundary conditions, closed-form expressions for the characteristic equation of each of the six cracked beams are reached. The results provide simple expressions for the characteristic equations, which are functions of circular natural frequencies, crack location, and crack depth. Methods for solving forward solutions (i.e., determination of natural frequencies of beams knowing the crack parameters) are discussed and verified through a large number of finite-element analyses. By knowing the natural frequencies in bending vibrations, it is possible to study the inverse problem in which the crack location and the sectional flexibility may be determined using the characteristic equation. The crack depth is then computed using the relationship between the sectional flexibility and the crack depth. The proposed analytical method is also validated using numerical studies on cracked beam examples with different boundary conditions. There is quite encouraging agreement between the results of the present study and those numerically obtained by the finite-element method.     

Postbuckling of cross-ply laminated cylindrical shells with piezoelectric actuators under complex loading conditions

A postbuckling analysis is presented for a cross-ply laminated cylindrical shell with piezoelectric actuators subjected to the combined action of mechanical, electric and thermal loads. The temperature field considered is assumed to be a uniform distribution over the shell surface and through the shell thickness and the electric field is assumed to be the transverse component E_z only. The material properties are assumed to be independent of the temperature and the electric field. The governing equations are based on the classical shell theory with a von Kármán–Donnell-type of kinematic nonlinearity. The nonlinear prebuckling deformations and initial geometric imperfections of the shell are both taken into account. A boundary layer theory of shell buckling, which includes the effects of nonlinear prebuckling deformations, large deflections in the postbuckling range, and initial geometric imperfections of the shell, is extended to the case of hybrid laminated cylindrical shells. A singular perturbation technique is employed to determine the buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths. The numerical illustrations concern the postbuckling behavior of perfect and imperfect, cross-ply laminated cylindrical thin shells with fully covered or embedded piezoelectric actuators subjected to combined mechanical loading of external pressure and axial compression, and under different sets of thermal and electric loading conditions. The effects played by temperature rise, applied voltage, shell geometric parameter, stacking sequence, as well as initial geometric imperfections are studied.     

Frequencies and mode shapes for thick truncated hollow cones

The finite element method of analysis is employed to study the vibration of truncated thick hollow cones. The three-dimensional strain–displacement equations are used to formulate the finite element in the conical coordinate system. Axial symmetry is assumed and the formulation is reduced to two dimensions while maintaining the three-dimensional character of the analysis. The accuracy of the analysis is established by comparing results for free–free boundary conditions with existing solutions. The effects of different boundary conditions, including fixed–free and fixed–fixed, are studied to determine their effects on the frequency of vibration. Frequency results are given for an additional boundary condition corresponding to a layer attached to the exterior of a rigid cone. Nondimensional results for an isotropic material with Poisson's ratio of 0.3 are presented in terms of tables, plots of frequency versus cone apex angle and plots of selected mode shapes.     

On the nonlinear vibration of heated corrugated circular plates with shallow sinusoidal corrugations

The large amplitude free vibration of corrugated circular plates with shallow sinusoidal corrugations under uniformly static temperature changes is investigated. Based on the nonlinear bending theory of thin shallow shells, the governing equations for corrugated plates are established from Hamilton's principle. These partial differential equations are reduced to corresponding ordinary ones by elimination of the time variable with Kantorovich averaging method following an assumed harmonic time mode. Then by introducing the Green's function, the resulting dynamic compatible equation and corresponding boundary conditions are converted into equivalent integral equations. Taking the central maximum amplitude of the plate as the perturbation parameter, the perturbation-variation method is used to dynamic equilibrium equation with the aid of Computer Algebra Systems, Maple, from which, the third-order approximate characteristic relation of frequency vs. amplitude for nonlinear vibration of heated corrugated plates is obtained, and the frequency–amplitude characteristic curve is plotted for some specific values of temperature and geometrical parameters. It is found that the rise in temperature will decrease the frequency and vice versa. The nonlinear effect weakens when corrugations become deeper and dense. The present method can easily be expanded for the analysis of nonlinear vibration problem for other heated thin plates and shells.     

Analytical aspects in boundary integral equation formulation for the generalized linear micropolar thermoelasticity

A formulation of the boundary integral equation method for generalized linear micropolar thermoelasticity is given. Fundamental solutions, in Laplace transform domain, of the corresponding differential equations are obtained. The initial, mixed boundary value problem is considered as an example illustrating the BIE formulation. The results are applicable to the generalized thermoelasticity theories: Lord–Shulman with one relaxation time, Green–Lindsay with two relaxation times, Green–Naghdi, theory of type II without energy dissipation, Green–Naghdi, theory of type III and Chandrasekharaiah and Tzou theory with dual-phase lag, as well as to the dynamic coupled theory.     

各种板边条件下大挠度圆板自由振动的分岔解

计及几何非线性,在各种板边条件下,建立圆板自由振动的非线性动力学方程.采用Galerkin法,将圆板的非线性动力学偏微分方程简化成三种标准类型的Duffing方程.提出一类强非线性动力系统的两项谐波法,将描述动力系统的二阶常微分方程,化为以频率、振幅为变量的非线性代数方程组,考虑初始条件补充约束方程,构成频率、振幅为变量的封闭非线性代数方程组.利用Maple程序可以方便地求解.结果表明,两项谐波法不仅适合于对称振动问题,而且适合于非对称振动问题.     

Postbuckling of 3D braided composite cylindrical shells under combined external pressure and axial compression in thermal environments

A postbuckling analysis is presented for a three-dimensional (3D) braided composite cylindrical shell of finite length subjected to combined loading of external pressure and axial compression in thermal environments. Based on a micro–macro-mechanical model, a 3D braided composite may be a cell system and the geometry of each cell is highly dependent on its position in the cross-section of the cylindrical shell. The material properties of epoxy are expressed as a linear function of temperature. The governing equations are based on a higher order shear deformation shell theory with a von Kármán–Donnell-type kinematic nonlinearity and includes thermal effects. A singular perturbation technique is employed to determine interactive buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths. The numerical illustrations concern the postbuckling behavior of perfect and imperfect, braided composite cylindrical shells with different values of shell geometric parameter and of fiber volume fraction under combined loading conditions. The results show that the shell has lower buckling loads and postbuckling paths when the temperature-dependent properties are taken into account. The effects of temperature rise, fiber volume fraction, shell geometric parameter, load-proportional parameter, as well as initial geometric imperfections are studied.     

Vibration analysis of submerged thin FGM cylindrical shells

This study gives a brief work on vibration characteristics of cylindrical shells submerged in an incompressible fluid. The shell is presumed to be structured from functionally graded material. The effect of the fluid is introduced by using the acoustic wave equation. Love’s first order thin shell theory is utilized in the shell dynamical equations. The problem is framed by combining shell dynamical equations with the acoustic wave equation. Fluid-loaded terms are associated with Hankel function of second kind. Wave propagation approach is employed to solve the shell problem. Some comparisons of numerical results are performed for the natural frequencies of simply supported-simply supported, clamped-clamped and clamped-simply supported boundary conditions of isotropic as well as functionally graded cylindrical shells to check the validity of the present approach. The influence of fluid on the submerged functionally graded cylindrical shells is noticed to be very pronounced.     

Postbuckling of shear deformable cross-ply laminated cylindrical shells under combined external pressure and axial compression

A postbuckling analysis is presented for a shear deformable cross-ply laminated cylindrical shell of finite length subjected to combined loading of external pressure and axial compression. The governing equations are based on Reddy's higher order shear deformation shell theory with von Kármán–Donnell type of kinematic nonlinearity. The nonlinear prebuckling deformations and initial geometric imperfections of the shell are both taken into account. A boundary layer theory of shell buckling, which includes the effects of nonlinear prebuckling deformations, large deflections in the postbuckling range, and initial geometric imperfections of the shell, is extended to the case of shear deformable laminated cylindrical shells under combined loading cases. A singular perturbation technique is employed to determine interactive buckling loads and postbuckling equilibrium paths. The numerical illustrations concern the postbuckling response of perfect and imperfect, unstiffened or stiffened, moderately thick, antisymmetric and symmetric cross-ply laminated cylindrical shells for different values of load-proportional parameters.     

Local adaptive differential quadrature for free vibration analysis of cylindrical shells with various boundary conditions

This paper presents the formulation and numerical analysis of circular cylindrical shells by the local adaptive differential quadrature method (LaDQM), which employs both localized interpolating basis functions and exterior grid points for boundary treatments. The governing equations of motion are formulated using the Goldenveizer–Novozhilov shell theory. Appropriate management of exterior grid points is presented to couple the discretized boundary conditions with the governing differential equations instead of using the interior points. The use of compactly supported interpolating basis functions leads to banded and well-conditioned matrices, and thus, enables large-scale computations. The treatment of boundary conditions with exterior grid points avoids spurious eigenvalues. Detailed formulations are presented for the treatment of various shell boundary conditions. Convergence and comparison studies against existing solutions in the literature are carried out to examine the efficiency and reliability of the present approach. It is found that accurate natural frequencies can be obtained by using a small number of grid points with exterior points to accommodate the boundary conditions.     

Vibration of functionally graded cylindrical shells

Functionally gradient materials (FGMs) have attracted much attention as advanced structural materials because of their heat-resistance properties. In this paper, a study on the vibration of cylindrical shells made of a functionally gradient material (FGM) composed of stainless steel and nickel is presented. The objective is to study the natural frequencies, the influence of constituent volume fractions and the effects of configurations of the constituent materials on the frequencies. The properties are graded in the thickness direction according to a volume fraction power-law distribution. The results show that the frequency characteristics are similar to that observed for homogeneous isotropic cylindrical shells and the frequencies are affected by the constituent volume fractions and the configurations of the constituent materials. The analysis is carried out with strains–displacement relations from Love’s shell theory and the eigenvalue governing equation is obtained using Rayleigh–Ritz method. The present analysis is validated by comparing results with those in the literature.     

Natural oscillations of general shells based on nonclassical theory

Two-dimensional equations of the dynamics of the theory of general shells and appropriate boundary conditions that make it possible to take into account the transverse shear and compression of the shell are constructed based on three-dimensional equations of elasticity theory and the Lagrange variational principle by expanding the displacements in the coordinate normal to the middle surface. Natural oscillations of a circular cylindrical shell are considered. Frequencies of natural oscillations are determined by the Bubnov-Galerkin method. The impact of different types of boundary conditions and geometric parameters of the shell on the value of natural frequencies are analyzed. Simulation results are compared with different variants of the classical theory of shells, as well as with three-dimensional elasticity theory.     

旋转壳的自由振动分析

基于弹性薄壳理论,利用旋转壳的几何特性,在周向进行Fourier级数展开,导出了旋转壳的一阶常微分矩阵方程,并提出了一种分析旋转壳自由振动特性的传递矩阵法。通过与文献值的比较,证明了本文所提出的方法具有较高的精度和效率,并采用该算法讨论了结构参数对旋转壳固有频率的影响。     

Nonlinear vibration and instability of fluid-conveying DWBNNT embedded in a visco-Pasternak medium using modified couple stress theory

Nonlinear free vibration and instability of fluid-conveying double-walled boron nitride nanotubes (DWBNNTs) embedded in viscoelastic medium are studied in this paper. The effects of the transverse shear deformation and rotary inertia are considered by utilizing the Timoshenko beam theory. The size effect is applied by the modified couple stress theory and considering a material length scale parameter for beam model. The nonlinear effect is considered by the Von Kármán type geometric nonlinearity. The electromechanical coupling and charge equation are employed to consider the piezoelectric effect. The surrounding viscoelastic medium is described as the linear visco-Pasternak foundation model characterized by the spring and damper. Hamilton’s principle is used to derive the governing equations and boundary conditions. The differential quadrature method (DQM) is employed to discretize the nonlinear higher-order governing equations, which are then solved by a direct iterative method to obtain the nonlinear vibration frequency and critical fluid velocity of fluid-conveying DWBNNTs with clamped-clamped (C-C) boundary conditions. A detailed parametric study is conducted to elucidate the influences of the small scale coefficient, spring and damping constants of surrounding viscoelastic medium and fluid velocity on the nonlinear free vibration, instability and electric potential distribution of DWBNNTs. This study might be useful for the design and smart control of nano devices.     

Frequency correspondence between membranes and functionally graded spherical shallow shells of polygonal planform

The present work presents further development of the linking relationships between vibration frequencies predicted by different theories, and they are extended from a flat plate to a spherical shallow shell. In analogy with the membrane vibration problem, exact correspondences are found for vibration frequencies of a functionally graded spherical shallow shell using the classical theory and the first-order and third-order shear deformation theories. Only the predominantly stretching and thickness-shear vibration of dilatational type and predominantly flexural vibration are considered in this work. They are decoupled from the predominantly stretching and thickness-shear vibration of rotational type. These results apply to a simply supported functionally graded spherical shallow shell of polygonal planform with arbitrarily varying material properties in the thickness direction. A Winkler–Pasternak elastic foundation and rotary inertias are incorporated. It is proved that the mathematical analogy warrants positive free vibration frequencies for the shallow shell. Mori–Tanaka's scheme is used to estimate the material properties in the numerical results.     

Buckling of shallow spherical shells including the effects of transverse shear deformation

The large deflection equation of a shallow spherical shell under uniformly distributed transverse loads is established in this paper with consideration of effects of transverse shear deformation on flexural deformation. Using an updated iteration method, an analytical solution for nonlinear stability of a shallow spherical shell is obtained. Formulae for estimating the critical buckling loads are presented for two types of boundary conditions. Discussions on the influences of the geometric and physical parameters on the critical buckling loads are given.     

Analysis of nonlinear vibration response of a functionally graded truncated conical shell with piezoelectric layers

The nonlinear vibration response of a functionally graded materials (FGMs) truncated conical shell with piezoelectric layers is analyzed. The vibration amplitude is suppressed by the positive and inverse piezoelectric effects. And the bifurcation phenomenon is described to reveal the motion state of the conical shell. Firstly, a truncated conical shell composed of three layers is described. And the effective material properties of the FG layer are defined by the Voigt model and the power law distribution. Next, the electric potentials of piezoelectric layers are defined as cosine distribution along the thickness direction. Meanwhile, the constant gain negative velocity feedback algorithm is used to suppress the vibration amplitude by the electric potential produced by the sensor layer. Thereafter, considering the first-order shear deformation theory and the von Karman nonlinearity, the relationship between the strain and displacement is defined. And the corresponding energy of the conical shell is calculated. After that, the motion equations of the conical shell are derived based on the Hamilton principle. Again, the nonlinear single degree of freedom equation is derived by the Galerkin method and the static condensation method. In the end, the nonlinear vibration response of FGMs truncated conical shell with piezoelectric layers under the external excitation is analyzed via using the harmonic balance method and the Runge-Kutta method. The effects of various parameters, such as ceramic volume fraction exponent, external excitation’s amplitude, control gain and geometric parameters on the nonlinear vibration response of the system are evaluated by case studies. Results indicate that the control gain plays an important role on the suppression of the vibration amplitude. The ceramic volume fraction exponents are not sensitive to the nonlinear vibration response compared with other parameters. The bifurcation behavior is observed under different parameters. The FGMs truncated conical shell with piezoelectric layers has three types of motion state, such as periodic motion, multi-periodic motion, and chaos motion.