ON THE NONLINEAR FREE VIBRATIONS OF THIN CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL SHELLS,

Abstract

A study was made of the influence of higher-order and nonlinear effects on the free vibration behavior of thin circular cylindrical shells. A recent solution utilizing the Karman-Donnell strain-displacement relations is examined and criticized. A new solution is carried out which removes the basis for criticism and discloses the existence of a nonperiodic vibration behavior, a phenomenon heretofore unknown. Further, solutions are obtained employing the strain-displacement relations deduced by Sanders and applied, in an appropriately modified manner, by Mayers and Rehfield to the shell postbuckling problem. The effect of the improved strain-displacement relations in predicting the vibration behavior, attendant to a modal shape possessing a small number of circumferential waves, is assessed and recommendations are made for directing future effort on the problem. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0654785

Entities

People

  • B. G. Wrenn
  • J. Mayers

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Displacement
  • Shape
  • Vibration
  • Waves

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design