Vibrations of rotating cross-ply laminated circular cylindrical shells with stringer and ring stiffeners. (Q1347466)

The vibration analysis of simply supported rotating cross-ply laminated cylindrical shells with axial and circumferential stiffeners (stringers and rings) is presented. The effects of stiffeners are evaluated by two methods: by a variational formulation with individual stiffeners treated as discrete elements, and by an averaging method whereby the properties of the stiffeners are averaged over the shell surface. The effects of initial hoop tension, centrifugal and Coriolis forces due to the rotation are considered, and stiffener eccentricity is accounted for. The results are verified by comparison with experimental and numerical results available in the literature.