Abstract: This paper presents the random vibration analysis of a simply supported cylindrical shell under a ring load which is uniform around the circumference. The time history of the excitation is ...

Abstract: An analytical procedure employing the general theory of shells of revolution and finite element method is presented to examine the stress patterns along the convolution of the pipeline expansion ...

Abstract: A very computationally efficient numerical technique for the free vibration analysis of shells of revolution is presented in this study. The generic segment of the shell structure is given in ...

Abstract: A numerical method based on the Rayleigh-Ritz method has been presented for the forced vibration of open cylindrical shells. The equations are derived from the three-dimensional strain-displacement ...

Abstract: A fully numerical and consistent method using the three-dimensional theory of elasticity is presented in this paper to study the free vibrations of an axially symmetric solid. The solid is ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of the stability and relative stability of porous journal bearing system with journal and bearing axes skewed. For linearized system the paper includes the ...

Abstract: The free vibrational characteristics of composite noncircular cylindrical shells are investigated in this paper. The shells are composed of layered media of different material properties. The ...

Abstract: A numerical approach is presented for linear and geometrically nonlinear forced vibrations of laminated composite plates with piezoelectric materials. The displacement fields are defined generally ...

Abstract: This paper deals with a numerical method for the free vibrational analysis of laminated deep shells. The strain-displacement relations are obtained for a general laminated shell geometry described ...

Abstract: The applications of a Ritz-type numerical scheme, in which the displacement fields are prescribed by Bezier surface patches, are presented for the analysis of doubly curved laminated open panels. ...