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

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 1126-1138 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Zhang ◽  
Y. Xiang ◽  
G.W. Wei
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Tang ◽  
Guoxun Wu ◽  
Xiongliang Yao ◽  
Chuanlong Wang

An analytical procedure for free vibration analysis of circular cylindrical shells with arbitrary boundary conditions is developed with the employment of the method of reverberation-ray matrix. Based on the Flügge thin shell theory, the equations of motion are solved and exact solutions of the traveling wave form along the axial direction and the standing wave form along the circumferential direction are obtained. With such a unidirectional traveling wave form solution, the method of reverberation-ray matrix is introduced to derive a unified and compact form of equation for natural frequencies of circular cylindrical shells with arbitrary boundary conditions. The exact frequency parameters obtained in this paper are validated by comparing with those given by other researchers. The effects of the elastic restraints on the frequency parameters are examined in detail and some novel and useful conclusions are achieved.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1123-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Ansari ◽  
J Torabi ◽  
M Faghih Shojaei

Free vibration analysis of embedded functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) conical, cylindrical shells and annular plates is carried out using the variational differential quadrature (VDQ) method. Pasternak-type elastic foundation is taken into consideration. It is assumed that the functionally graded nanocomposite materials have the continuous material properties defined according to extended rule of mixture. Based on the first-order shear deformation theory, the energy functional of the structure is calculated. Applying the generalized differential quadrature method and periodic differential operators in axial and circumferential directions, respectively, the discretized form of the energy functional is derived. Based on Hamilton’s principle and using the VDQ method, the reduced forms of mass and stiffness matrices are obtained. The comparison and convergence studies of the present numerical method are first performed and then various numerical results are presented. It is found that the volume fractions and functionally grading of carbon nanotubes play important roles in the vibrational characteristics of FG-CNTRC cylindrical, conical shells and annular plates.


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