Polar Orthotropic Inhomogeneous Circular Plates: Vibration Tailoring

Abstract

Problem of matching a desired fundamental natural frequency is solved in the closed form for the polar-orthotropic inhomogeneous circular plate, which is clamped along its circumference. The vibration tailoring is performed by posing a semi-inverse eigenvalue problem. To do this, the fundamental mode shape is postulated. Namely, the analytical expression due to Lekhnitskii, and pertaining to the static deflection of the homogeneous circular plate is demanded to serve as an exact mode shape of the inhomogeneous plate. The analytical and numerical results are reported for several ratios of orthotropic coefficient.