Nonlinear vibration and postbuckling of unsymmetrically laminated imperfect shallow cylindrical panels with mixed boundary conditions resting on elastic foundation (Q1083279)

This study is analytically concerned with the titled problem. The rotational stiffness variation is assumed to be identical along opposite edges. The panel is subjected to inplane edge forces but not tangential boundary forces. A unified approximate solution is formulated on the basis of the dynamic Marguerre-type equations. The edge condition for the rotational stiffness variation is satisfied by expansion of the edge bending moments and the varying rotational edge-restraint coefficients into generalized Fourier series. These moments are also replaced by an equivalent lateral pressure near these edges. The Galerkin procedure furnishes an equation for the time function which is solved by the method of perturbation. In the postbuckling case the equation reduces to a relation between the postbuckling load and the maximum deflection. Numerical results for nonlinear vibration and postbuckling behavior of orthotropic and unsymmetrically laminated angle-ply cylindrical panels are presented graphically for different parameters and compared with available data.