Natural vibrations of corrugated orthotropic shells of revolution

Abstract

The torsional and longitudinal–flexural vibrations of corrugated orthotropic shells are investigated. Relations, including the equations of motion in forces and moments and Hooke’s relations, are obtained using the Kirchhoff–Love hypotheses. The influence of the geometric parameters of the shell (corrugation amplitude and length) on the eigenfrequencies and natural vibrations modes is studied for fixed-end shells. It is found that during torsional vibrations, increasing the corrugation amplitude and increasing the number of corrugations leads to a decrease in the resonant frequencies. In the case of torsional and longitudinal–flexural vibrations, the influence of the corrugation amplitude on the natural vibration modes is investigated.