Axisymmetric Vibrations of Conical Shells with Variable Thickness

A comparative analysis of the dynamic stability of cylindrical and conical shells with the same geometric and mechanical characteristics under periodic uniformly distributed axial compression was presented. The study of the stability of steady periodic vibrations of thin elastic shells was based on the joint use of the method of curvilinear grids, the projection method and the parameter continuation method combined with the Newton–Kantorovich method. Geometrically nonlinear relations of the thin elastic shells theory are formulated on the basis of the vector approximation of the displacements function in the general curvilinear coordinate system in tensor form and satisfy the Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis. The discretization of the differential equations of the steady forced vibrations in the direction of the generating shells using the method of curvilinear grids was carried out. The components of the elements displacement vectors of the shells middle surface in the circular directionare approximated by trigonometric series. Reduction of the number of generalized coordinates of the discrete dynamic model of shells steady forced vibrations was performed by the Bubnov-Galerkin basis reduction method. A transition from vector ordinary differential equations to a nonlinear system of algebraic equations was made. The construction of a mathematical model of the dynamic stability of steady forced nonlinear vibrations of thin elastic shells was performed according to Floquet's theory using the projection method. The criterion for the loss of stability was the equality to zero of the determinant of the matrix of linearized equations of steady forced nonlinear vibrations of shells according to the Lyapunov theorem. A comparative analysis of frequencies and modes of natural vibrations of cylindrical and conical shells with the same geometric and mechanical characteristics and boundary conditions was performed. Nonlinear steady vibrations of the shells due to periodic axial compression were studied. The critical values of the dynamic load and the corresponding forms of loss of shell stability in the range of lower frequencies of their natural vibrations were obtained.

In this paper, we analyze the axisymmetric vibrations of a cylindrical shell of which the thickness varies in the axial direction by using the thin cylindrical shell theory and an improved thick cylindrical shell theory. We solve the equations of vibration exactly by using a series solution. As numerical examples, we obtain the natural frequencies and the mode shapes of cylindrical shells with both ends clamped, simply supported and free and examine the variations of the natural frequencies and the mode shapes for the variations of the thickness. And also, we make clear the influences of the shear deformation and the rotatory inertia upon the natural frequencies and the mode shapes.

In this paper free linear vibration of lattice composite conical shells will be investigated. Lattice composite conical shell consists of composite helical ribs and thin outer skin. A smeared method is employed to obtain the variable coefficients of stiffness of conical shell. The ribs are modeled as a beam and in addition to the axial loads, endure shear loads and bending moments. Therefore, theoretical formulations are based on first-order shear deformation theory of shell. For verification of the obtained results, comparison is made with those available in open literature. Also, using FEM software the 3D finite element model of composite lattice conical shell is built and analyzed. Comparing results of analytical and numerical analyses show a good agreement between them. Some special cases as variation of geometric parameters of lattice part, effect of the boundary conditions and influence of the circumferential wave numbers on the natural frequencies of the conical shell are studied. It is concluded, when mass and the geometrical ratio of the composite lattice conical shell do not change, increment the semi vertex angle of cone leads to increase the natural frequencies. Moreover for shell thicknesses greater than a specific value, the presence of the lattice structure has not significant effect on the natural frequencies. The obtained results have novelty and can be used for further and future researches.

In this paper, the free vibrations of a cylindrical shell which is symmetric about the cross-section at the center and whose thickness varies quadratically are analyzed by both the classical theory and an improved one. The equations of vibration, like in the previous paper, are solved exactly by a series solution and three boundary conditions are considered, that is, both ends are clamped, simply-supported and free. The effects of the variations of thickness, etc.upon the natural frequencies and the mode shapes are clarified. And at the same time, the improved shell theories are compared with the classical ones.

This study is concerned with the free vibration analysis of semi-closed shells of revolution with variable curvature, with a focus on the analytical solution to the natural frequency of such shells. A semi-closed shell of revolution with variable curvature is firstly divided into some narrow small shell segments, then the first small shell segment with a closed shell apex is approximated with a semi-closed conical shell, while the remaining small shell segments are approximated with a series of progressively larger truncated conical shells. Since each small conical shell is part of the large semi-closed shell of revolution with variable curvature and has to vibrate in sync with the large shell, the analytical solution to the axisymmetric free vibration of the large shell can be transformed into the analytical solutions to the synchronous free vibration of these small conical shells. The general solutions for the natural frequencies of all small conical shells are analytically derived under the condition that conical shells have zero meridional curvature. The undetermined constants in the general solutions are determined by letting all natural frequencies of these small conical shells be equal. Finally, the analytical solution for the axisymmetric free vibration of semi-closed shells of revolution with variable curvature is presented and is proved to be basically reliable by conducting a confirmatory experiment based on polymer 3D-printing technique.

Analytical solution for vibration of generally laminated conical and cylindrical shells

The vibrations of rotating joined conical–conical shells with classical supported conditions have been studied extensively. As a matter of fact, in some cases, these classical boundary conditions cannot exactly model actual situations. Moreover, theoretical frameworks on them are still limited. This research aims to investigate the fundamental frequencies and dynamic mode shapes of the traveling wave of the rotating porous metal material joined conical–conical thin shells (PJCS) with elastic supports. By utilizing artificial spring technology, arbitrary elastic supported boundary conditions and classical boundary conditions are achieved efficiently. A new dynamic model has been formulated with the help of the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) and Hamilton’s principle. By employing the generalized differential quadrature (GDQ) method along with stress boundary conditions and generalized eigenvalues, various factors such as porosity, semi-vertex angles and stiffness are analyzed for their impact on the fundamental frequencies of forward wave (FW), backward wave (BW) and mode shapes. The presented results are validated through the convergence and comparison studies from literatures. The interesting and novel results indicate that the in-plane displacement constraints have the most significant impact on the critical speed, while the lateral displacement constraint has the least effect. The vibrations are more easily excited for the part with a larger half vertex angle. Rotating PJCS with Type 1 has the biggest critical rotating speed.

In this research, the free vibration analysis of lap joint laminated conical shell connected to laminated conical shell with adhesive layer for various boundary conditions are investigated. Based on the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT), the main field equations of the analytical model are derived and the governing differential equations of laminated conical shell to laminated conical shell adherends lap joint are obtained for homogeneous and elasticity adhesive layers by using Hamilton principle method. Then, based on the generalized differential quadrature method (GDQM), the equilibrium equations of the structure adherends are investigated. The influence of the boundary conditions, the type of the composite materials and adhesive layer, the circumferential wave number, the length to radius ratio of the shell, and the length of overlap to length of shell ratio are studied. Furthermore, the thickness to radius ratio and the thickness of adhesive to thickness of shell ratio, as well as the various cone angles of conical shell on the natural frequency of laminated conical adherends shells connected to the conical shells with adhesive layer are investigated. For validation of the numerical results, the results are compared with the previous research and the comparisons show very good agreement. The numerical results show that with the increase of the internal shell and external shell of semi-angle, the non-dimensional frequency of lap joint connection of two laminated conical shells with adhesive layer decreased and increased, respectively. Furthermore, with the increase of the adhesive thickness to conical shell thickness ratio and lap joint length to length of conical shell ratio, the dimensionless natural frequency of the structure increased.

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This paper is concerned with a theoretical investigation of the free vibration of arbitrary shells of revolution by means of the classical bending theory of shells. A method is developed that is applicable to rotationally symmetric shells with meridional variations (including discontinuities) in Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio, radii of curvature, and thickness. By means of the method of this paper, the natural frequencies and the corresponding mode shapes of axisymmetric or nonsymmetric free vibration of rotationally symmetric shells can be obtained without a limitation on the length of the meridian of the shell. To illustrate the application of the method given in this paper to particular shells, stone results of free vibration of spherical and conical shells obtained earlier by means of the bending theory are reproduced by the general method of this paper, and a detailed comparison is made. In addition, paraboloidal shells and a sphere cone shell combination are considered, which have been previously analyzed by means of the inextensional theory of shells, and natural frequencies and mode shapes predicted by the bending theory are given.

Thermal Buckling and free vibration analyses of multi-layered composite conical shells based on a layerwise displacement theory are performed. The Donnell's displacement-strain relationships of conical shell structure are applied. The natural frequencies are compared with the ones existing in the previous literature for laminated conical shells with several cone semi-vertex angles. Moreover, the thermal buckling behaviors of the laminated conical shell are investigated to consider the effect of the semi-vertex angle, subtended angle, and radius to thickness ratio on the structural stability.

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