A new prestressed dynamic stiffness element for vibration analysis of thick circular cylindrical shells

I. Harbaoui, J. B. Casimir, M. A. Khadimallah, M. Chafra

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Abstract

This paper presents a new spectral element based on the dynamic stiffness matrix of a prestressed cylindrical shell. The dynamic stiffness matrix is built using first-order shear deformation theory, and natural frequencies are processed easily. Vibration analyses are performed with numerical examples to determine the performance of this approach and the effect of prestressing on frequency response functions. This element has many advantages over the finite element method in terms of accuracy, model size and computing time.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)37-50
Number of pages14
JournalInternational Journal of Mechanical Sciences
Volume140
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2018

Keywords

  • Dynamic stiffness method
  • Harmonic response
  • Prestressed shells
  • Spectral element method

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